Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *sōlScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_sōl
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*sóh₂wl̥ ~ *sh₂wén-ssun
nounneuterconsonant stemsun, the Sunname of the S-rune (ᛊ)Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ ~ *sh₂wén-s (‘sun’), though how and as what inflection type are uncertain. Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌻 (sauil) and Old Norse sól point to *s(ᵉ/ₒ)h₂wel- and *sᵉ/ₒh₂wul-, respectively, which perhaps suggests an inherited l/n-stem paradigm *sōl (< *sōwul) ~ *sawiniz (or consonant stem *sōl ~ *sawiliz), with the Gothic leveled from the weak case.Alternatively reconstructed as *sōel (< *sōwel) ~ *suniz, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂wel ~ *sh₂un-és, and although this would account for the Gothic form, it is problematic for the West Germanic and Old Norse forms, where one might expect the outcome in Old Saxon to be **sō(w)el, **sō(w)il, compare Old Saxon hnōil, from Proto-West Germanic *hnōil (‘planer’).