*selhaz

Runic: ᛊᛖᛚᚺᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈsel.xɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

seal (animal)

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.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.selhazselhōz, selhōs
Acc.selhąselhanz
Gen.selhas, selhisselhǫ̂
Dat.selhaiselhamaz
Inst.selhōselhamiz
Voc.selhselhōz, selhōs

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Descendants

  • *selh (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *selh (Old Dutch)
      • sēel, sāel, sēle (Middle Dutch)
  • *selh (Proto-West Germanic)
    • seolh (Old English)
      • *selh, sele (Middle English)
        • seal (English)
  • *selh (Proto-West Germanic)
    • seolh (Old English)
      • *selh, sele (Middle English)
        • selich (Early Scots)
          • selch, selkie, silkie (Scots)
  • *selh (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *selch (Old Frisian)
      • selich (North Frisian)
  • *selh (Proto-West Germanic)
    • selah (Old High German)
      • sëleh (Middle High German)
        • Seel (German)
          • Seelhund, Seehund (German)
  • *selh (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *selh, *selah (Old Saxon)
      • sēl, sale (Middle Low German)
        • saalhund (Low German)
        • Säajel (Plautdietsch)
  • selr (Old Norse)
    • sæl (Danish)
    • selur (Faroese)
    • själ (Gutnish)
    • selur (Icelandic)
    • sel (Norwegian)
  • selr (Old Norse)
    • siæl, sæl (Old Swedish)
      • säl (Swedish)

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