*sulī

Runic: ᛊᚢᛚᛁ Pronunciation: /ˈsu.liː/

noun · feminine · ī/jō-stem

Meanings

balk, bar, threshold, sill

Etymology

From a pre-Germanic ablauting paradigm *swol- ~ *sul-, with full-grade *swalī found in Old High German swelli, swella (modern German Schwelle (‘threshold; railroad tie’)), Old West Norse svalar, Old Swedish svali (modern dialectal Swedish svale, svala (‘porch, canopy’)). Further uncertain:

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	sulī	suljôz
Acc.	suljǭ	suljōz
Gen.	suljōz	suljǫ̂
Dat.	suljōi	suljōmaz
Inst.	suljō	suljōmiz
Voc.	sulī	suljôz

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Descendants

*sul(l)i (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sulla (Old Dutch)
  - sulle, sille (Middle Dutch)
    - zulle (Dutch)
*sul(l)i (Proto-West Germanic)
- syl, syll (Old English)
  - silla (Latin)
*sul(l)i (Proto-West Germanic)
- syl, syll (Old English)
  - sylle, sülle, selle, sille (Middle English)
    - sill (English)
    - sil, sill (Scots)
*sul(l)i (Proto-West Germanic)
- *selle (Old Frisian)
  - sille (West Frisian)
*sul(l)i (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sul, *sulli (Old Saxon)
  - sul, sülle, sille (Middle Low German)
    - Sull, Sülle (Low German)
syll (Old Norse)
- syld (Danish)
- syll (Faroese)
- syll, sylla (Icelandic)
- syll (Norwegian)
syll (Old Norse)
- syl (Old Swedish)
  - syll (Swedish)

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