Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sulą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid, muck”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsu.lɑ̃/

Noun

*sulą n

mud, muck, mire
spot

Inflection

Declension of *sulą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sulą	*sulō
vocative	*sulą	*sulō
accusative	*sulą	*sulō
genitive	sulas, sulis	*sulǫ̂
dative	*sulai	*sulamaz
instrumental	*sulō	*sulamiz

Synonyms

*sulwō

Related terms

*saulijǭ
*sulwaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sol, *sul

Old English: sol
- Middle English: sol
  - English: sole, soal, soil
  - Scots: sole, soil, sulȝe, suilȝe
- ⇒ Old English: sol (adjective)
  - Middle English: sol (adjective)
- ⇒ Old English: solu f (back-formation from the neuter plural of sol)
  - ⇒ Old English: *solwiġ (adjective)
    - Middle English: solwy (adjective)
Old Frisian: sol
- West Frisian: soal
Old Saxon: *sol
- Middle Low German: sol, sōl, sāl n, sōle, sāle, sȫle f
  - German Low German: Söle, Sööl f
  - → Danish: søle
  - → Norwegian: søle, saula, søyla
Old Dutch: *sol
- Middle Dutch: sol
  - Dutch: zol
Old High German: sol, sul m or n
- Middle High German: sol, söl m or n, sol, sul f
  - German: Sol m or n, Sole f (obsolete)
    - ⇒ German: Suhle f (altered after suhlen)
- ⇒ Old High German: gisol (< Proto-West Germanic *gasol)
  - Middle High German: gesol

Old Norse: sol- (prefix)