Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/selhaz

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Proto-Germanic

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Etymology

Unknown. Likely either from pre-Proto-Finnic *šülkeš (later Proto-Finnic *hülgeh; compare Finnish hylje, Estonian hüljes) or from a related substrate source. Derivation from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (“to pull”), while possible, is ad hoc.

Pronunciation

Noun

*selhaz m

  1. seal (animal)

Inflection

Declension of *selhaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *selhaz *selhōz, *selhōs
vocative *selh *selhōz, *selhōs
accusative *selhą *selhanz
genitive *selhas, *selhis *selhǫ̂
dative *selhai *selhamaz
instrumental *selhō *selhamiz

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