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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/silāną

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 *seyl- (“still, windless, quiet, slow”). Cognate with Latin sileō (“be silent”). Related to Old English sālnes (“silence”), Old Norse sil (“slow flowing water”).

Verb

*silāną[1]

  1. to be still, be silent

Inflection
Conjugation of *silāną (weak class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *silō ?— ? ?
2nd singular *silaisi ?*silai*silāsai ?
3rd singular *silaiþi ?*silāþau*silāþai ?
1st dual *silōs ?———
2nd dual *silāþiz ?*silāþiz——
1st plural *silāmaz ?—*silānþai ?
2nd plural *silaiþ ?*silaiþ*silānþai ?
3rd plural *silānþi ?*silānþau*silānþai ?
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *siladǭ*siladēdį̄
2nd singular *siladēz*siladēdīz
3rd singular *siladē*siladēdī
1st dual *siladēdū*siladēdīw
2nd dual *siladēdudiz*siladēdīdiz
1st plural *siladēdum*siladēdīm
2nd plural *siladēdud*siladēdīd
3rd plural *siladēdun*siladēdīn
present past
participles *silāndz*siladaz
  • *sailaz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *silēn
    • ⇒? Proto-West Germanic: *silōþu
  • ⇒? Old Norse: sil (“slow flowing water”)
    • Icelandic: sil
      • ⇒ Icelandic: silvetni (“calm water”)
    • Faroese: sil (“calm, dead”)
      • ⇒ Faroese: silvetni (“calm sea”)
  • ⇒ Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (anasilan)
  • → Proto-Finnic: *hilja (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*silēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 328
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