Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skarlejā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *scarlēia (compare Italian scarlea), metathesized from Latin sclarēia. Doublet of *sklaregā.

Noun

*skarlejā f

1. clary sage

   Synonym: *sklaregā

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skarlejā
Genitive	*skarlejōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skarlejā	*skarlejōn
Accusative	*skarlejōn	*skarlejōn
Genitive	*skarlejōn	*skarlejōnō
Dative	*skarlejōn	*skarlejōm, *skarlejum
Instrumental	*skarlejōn	*skarlejōm, *skarlejum

Alternative reconstructions

• *skaralejā

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *skarleia
  • Middle Low German: sterleie, sterleye, starleye
• Old Dutch: *skarleia
  • Middle Dutch: scarleye, scaerleye, scerleye
    • Dutch: scharlei, scherlei
• Old High German: skaraleia, scaraleia, skarlei, scareleia
  • Middle High German: scarleige, scarleie, scharlei
    • German: Scharlei