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This Proto-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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *sēaną + *-þiz, corresponding to a Proto-Indo-European *seh₁tis, from *seh₁- (“to sow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*sēdiz f
- seed
Inflection
Declension of *sēdiz (i-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*sēdiz
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*sēdīz
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| vocative
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*sēdi
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*sēdīz
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| accusative
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*sēdį
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*sēdinz
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| genitive
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*sēdīz
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*sēdijǫ̂
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| dative
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*sēdī
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*sēdimaz
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| instrumental
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*sēdī
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*sēdimiz
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Synonyms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *sādi
- Proto-West Germanic: *sād
- Old English: sǣd, sēd — Anglian
- Old Frisian: sēd
- Saterland Frisian: Säid
- West Frisian: sied
- Old Saxon: sād
- Middle Low German: sât
- German Low German: Saad
- Plautdietsch: Sot
- Old Dutch: *sād
- Middle Dutch: sâet
- Dutch: zaad
- Limburgish: zaod
- ⇒ Zealandic: zaedje
- Old Norse: sáð; sæði
- Icelandic: sáð
- Faroese: sáð
- Norwegian: sæd
- Old Swedish: sǣþ
- Old Danish:
- Gutnish: sid
- Gothic: *𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 (*sēþs) (in 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 (manasēþs))
- → Proto-Finnic: *hëëta (see there for further descendants)