Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/séiˀlāˀ

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂i-l-eh₂,^[1] perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂y- (“to bind”).

Noun

*séiˀlāˀ f^[2]

strength, force
soul

Inflection

Declension of *séiˀlāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*séiˀlāˀ	*séiˀlāiˀ	*séiˀlās
Accusative	*séiˀlā⁽ˀ⁾n	*séiˀlāiˀ	*séiˀlā⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*séiˀlā⁽ˀ⁾s	*séiˀlāu⁽ˀ⁾	*séiˀlōn
Locative	*séiˀlāiˀ	*séiˀlāu⁽ˀ⁾	*séiˀlā⁽ˀ⁾su
Dative	*séiˀlāi	*séiˀlā⁽ˀ⁾mā⁽ˀ⁾	*séiˀlā⁽ˀ⁾mas
Instrumental	*séiˀlāˀn	*séiˀlā⁽ˀ⁾māˀ	*séiˀlā⁽ˀ⁾mīˀs
Vocative	*séiˀla	*séiˀlāiˀ	*séiˀlās

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Lithuanian: síela (“soul, heart”)
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: seilin (“diligence”)
Proto-Slavic: *sìla (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*saiwalō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 423
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “siela”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 397: “*séʔilaʔ”

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*saiwalō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 423

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “siela”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 397: “*séʔilaʔ”

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