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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *sīlą</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
      </titleStmt>
      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-03"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_sīlą</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_sila" type="noun" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sīlą">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>sīlą</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈsiː.lɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛊᛁᛚᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>noun</pos>
            <gram type="gender">neuter</gram>
            <gram type="stem">a-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>a kind of fish</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>a launce, sand eel</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="3">
            <def>a herring</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="4">
            <def>fishlings, fry</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">Unknown.</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom">
              <orth>sīlą</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom">
              <orth>sīlō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc">
              <orth>sīlą</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc">
              <orth>sīlō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen">
              <orth>sīlas, sīlis</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen">
              <orth>sīlǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat">
              <orth>sīlai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat">
              <orth>sīlamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr">
              <orth>sīlō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr">
              <orth>sīlamiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #voc">
              <orth>sīlą</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #voc">
              <orth>sīlō</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
          <re type="descendants">
            <list>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*sīl</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*sīld</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>*sijlt, zielt</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>zeelt</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*sīld</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*sīld</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>*sijlt, zielt</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>zeelt</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>síl</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>síl, sild</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Gutnish</lang>
                    <orth>sild, silld</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>síld</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norn</lang>
                    <orth>sil, sild, sildin</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>síl</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Danish</lang>
                    <orth>sild</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                      <orth>sild</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>síl</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle English</lang>
                    <orth>*sile, *silok</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>English</lang>
                      <orth>sile, sill, sillock</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norn</lang>
                      <orth>silek, sillock</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Scots</lang>
                      <orth>sile, sillock</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>síl</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>sild, sil</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Russenorsk</lang>
                      <orth>Silka</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>síl</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>sīldh</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>sill, sil</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>síld</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>síl, sild</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Gutnish</lang>
                    <orth>sild, silld</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>síld</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norn</lang>
                    <orth>sil, sild, sildin</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>síld</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Danish</lang>
                    <orth>sild</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                      <orth>sild</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>síld</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle English</lang>
                    <orth>*sile, *silok</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>English</lang>
                      <orth>sile, sill, sillock</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norn</lang>
                      <orth>silek, sillock</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Scots</lang>
                      <orth>sile, sillock</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>síld</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>sild, sil</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Russenorsk</lang>
                      <orth>Silka</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>síld</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>sīldh</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>sill, sil</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>French</lang>
                  <orth>célerin</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Norman</lang>
                  <orth>célérin</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Latvian</lang>
                  <orth>siļķe</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Lithuanian</lang>
                  <orth>silkė</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old East Slavic</lang>
                  <orth>*сьлдь (*sĭldĭ)</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Czech</lang>
                    <orth>sleď</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Serbo-Croatian</lang>
                      <orth>сле̏ђ, slȅđ</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old East Slavic</lang>
                  <orth>*сьлдь (*sĭldĭ)</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Ruthenian</lang>
                    <orth>сельдь (selʹdʹ)</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old Ruthenian</lang>
                      <orth>селе́децъ (selédecʹ), селе́дець (selédecʹ)</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Belarusian</lang>
                        <orth>селядзе́ц (sjeljadzjéc), оселенец (ósjeljenjec)</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Ukrainian</lang>
                        <orth>оселе́дець (oselédecʹ), селе́дець (selédecʹ)</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old East Slavic</lang>
                  <orth>*сьлдь (*sĭldĭ)</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Polish</lang>
                    <orth>śledź</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Carpathian Rusyn</lang>
                      <orth>следзь (sledzʹ), следж (sledž)</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old East Slavic</lang>
                  <orth>*сьлдь (*sĭldĭ)</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Russian</lang>
                    <orth>сельдь (selʹdʹ)</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Bulgarian</lang>
                      <orth>се́лда (sélda)</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old East Slavic</lang>
                  <orth>сельдь (selĭdĭ)</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Czech</lang>
                    <orth>sleď</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Serbo-Croatian</lang>
                      <orth>сле̏ђ, slȅđ</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old East Slavic</lang>
                  <orth>сельдь (selĭdĭ)</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Ruthenian</lang>
                    <orth>сельдь (selʹdʹ)</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old Ruthenian</lang>
                      <orth>селе́децъ (selédecʹ), селе́дець (selédecʹ)</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Belarusian</lang>
                        <orth>селядзе́ц (sjeljadzjéc), оселенец (ósjeljenjec)</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Ukrainian</lang>
                        <orth>оселе́дець (oselédecʹ), селе́дець (selédecʹ)</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old East Slavic</lang>
                  <orth>сельдь (selĭdĭ)</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Polish</lang>
                    <orth>śledź</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Carpathian Rusyn</lang>
                      <orth>следзь (sledzʹ), следж (sledž)</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old East Slavic</lang>
                  <orth>сельдь (selĭdĭ)</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Russian</lang>
                    <orth>сельдь (selʹdʹ)</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Bulgarian</lang>
                      <orth>се́лда (sélda)</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Slovak</lang>
                  <orth>sleď</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Welsh</lang>
                  <orth>sil</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-Samic</lang>
                  <orth>*siltē</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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