Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sagōną

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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *sagō (a saw) +‎ *-ōną.

Verb

*sagōną[1]

  1. to saw, cut

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sagō *sagǭ *sagōi ?
2nd singular *sagōsi *sagōs *sagō *sagōsai *sagōsau
3rd singular *sagōþi *sagō *sagōþau *sagōþai *sagōþau
1st dual *sagōs *sagōw
2nd dual *sagōþiz *sagōþiz *sagōþiz
1st plural *sagōmaz *sagōm *sagōnþai *sagōnþau
2nd plural *sagōþ *sagōþ *sagōþ *sagōnþai *sagōnþau
3rd plural *sagōnþi *sagōn *sagōnþau *sagōnþai *sagōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sagōdǭ *sagōdēdį̄
2nd singular *sagōdēz *sagōdēdīz
3rd singular *sagōdē *sagōdēdī
1st dual *sagōdēdū *sagōdēdīw
2nd dual *sagōdēdudiz *sagōdēdīdiz
1st plural *sagōdēdum *sagōdēdīm
2nd plural *sagōdēdud *sagōdēdīd
3rd plural *sagōdēdun *sagōdēdīn
present past
participles *sagōndz *sagōdaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sagōn
    • Old English: *sagian
    • Old Frisian: sagia (implied by holtsagia)
      • Saterland Frisian: soagje
      • West Frisian: saagje, seagje, seegje
    • Old Saxon: *sagōn
    • Old Dutch: *sagon
    • Old High German: sagōn
  • Old Norse: saga

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sagōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 311