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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *selkaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_selkaną</idno>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_ine-x-proto_selg" xml:lang="ine-x-proto" type="etymon">
          <orth>*selǵ-</orth>
          <def>to let go, send</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_san_srjati" xml:lang="san" type="cognate">
          <orth>सृजति</orth>
          <form type="translit">
            <orth>sṛjáti</orth>
          </form>
          <def>to send off, discharge</def>
        </item>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_selkana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/selkaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>selkaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈsel.kɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛊᛖᛚᚲᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Strong class 3</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to trickle, drip</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>to be slow, to languish</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From Proto-Indo-European <mentioned xml:lang="ine-x-proto" target="#cog_ine-x-proto_selg"><ref target="#cog_ine-x-proto_selg">*selǵ-</ref></mentioned> (‘to let go, send’), Cognate with Sanskrit <mentioned xml:lang="san" target="#cog_san_srjati"><ref target="#cog_san_srjati">सृजति</ref></mentioned> (sṛjáti, ‘to send off, discharge’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>selkō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>selkaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>selkai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>silkizi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>selkaiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>selk</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>selkazai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>selkaizau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>silkidi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>selkai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>selkadau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>selkadai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>selkaidau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>selkōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>selkaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>selkadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>selkaidiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>selkadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>selkamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>selkaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>selkandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>selkaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>silkid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>selkaid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>silkid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>selkandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>selkaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>selkandi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>selkain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>selkandau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>selkandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>selkaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>salk</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>sulkį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>salht</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>sulkīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>salk</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>sulkī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>sulkū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>sulkīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>sulkudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>sulkīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>sulkum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>sulkīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>sulkud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>sulkīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>sulkun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>sulkīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>selkandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>sulkanaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>selkaną</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*selkan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>giselkēn, selkenēn</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*selkan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>*seolcan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old English</lang>
                      <orth>āseolcan</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*selkan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>*seolcan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old English</lang>
                      <orth>*beseolcan</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Old English</lang>
                        <orth>besolcen</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*selkan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>*seolcan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old English</lang>
                      <orth>*solcen, *ġesolcen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Middle English</lang>
                        <orth>*solken, *solke</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>English</lang>
                          <orth>sulky</orth>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>English</lang>
                            <orth>sulk</orth>
                          </form>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Scots</lang>
                            <orth>sulk</orth>
                          </form>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*selkan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>*selkan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old High German</lang>
                      <orth>irselkan</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*selkan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>*selkan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>selken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                        <orth>verselken, versëlken</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
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