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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/selkaną

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 *selǵ- (to let go, send), Cognate with Sanskrit सृजति (sṛjáti, to send off, discharge).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsel.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*selkaną[1]

  1. to trickle, drip
  2. to be slow, to languish

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *selkan
    • Old English: seolcan
      • Old English: āseolcan (to be slow; be weak or slothful; languish)
    • Old High German: *selkan
      • Middle High German: selken
      • Old High German: irselkan

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003), *selkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 324
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