setl

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

setl

ice.

Old English

Alternative forms

seatl, seatul, sedl, seld, seotl, seotul, seþel, seðl, sitl, sotl, setel

Etymology

From a merger of two nouns of similar meaning, which came to be pronounced the same in West Saxon because of a sound change whereby -þl and -þm became -tl and -tm in some words (cf. botl, botm):

Proto-West Germanic *seþl
Proto-West Germanic *setl, from Proto-Germanic *setlaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /setl/

Noun

setl n or m (West Saxon)

Declension

Neuter

Declension of setl (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	setl	setlu
accusative	setl	setlu
genitive	setles	setla
dative	setle	setlum

Masculine

Declension of setl (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	setl	setlas
accusative	setl	setlas
genitive	setles	setla
dative	setle	setlum

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: setle, selde (with metathesis)
- English: settle, seld (with metathesis)

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