Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/saljaną

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.

A causative formation from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (“to take”), either inherited from Proto-Indo-European *solh₁-éye-ti (“to let take”, causative)^[1] or derived within Proto-Germanic from an unattested *selaną (“to take”) + *-janą (causative suffix).^[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑl.jɑ.nɑ̃/

*saljaną

1. to offer, give
2. to sell

• Proto-West Germanic: *salljan (“to hand over, sell”)
  • Old English: sellan, siellan, syllan
    • Middle English: sellen
      • English: sell
        • → Dutch: sellen
      • Scots: sell
  • Old Frisian: sella
    • North Frisian: selle
  • Old Saxon: sellian (“to offer, give”)
    • Middle Low German: sellen
      • Low German: sellen
  • Old Dutch: *sellen
    • Middle Dutch: sellen
  • Old High German: sellen (“to hand over, betray”)
    • Middle High German: sellen
      • German: sellen (obsolete)
• Old Norse: selja (“to hand over, sell”)
  • Icelandic: selja
  • Faroese: selja (“to sell, let go of”)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: selge
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: selja, selje
    • Russenorsk: sælom
  • Old Swedish: sælia
    • Swedish: sälja
  • Old Danish: sæliæ, sælæ
    • Danish: sælge
  • Elfdalian: sela
  • Gutnish: säle
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (saljan, “to pay tribute, offer”)
• → Proto-Finnic: *sallidak (“to allow”) (see there for further descendants)