Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sagjaz

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑɣ.jɑz/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy (“retainer, follower”). Cognate with Latin socius (“sharing, associated”).[1]

Noun

*sagjaz m[1]

  2. retainer, warrior
Inflection
Declension of *sagjaz (masculine ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *sagjaz *sagjōz, *sagjōs
vocative *sagi *sagjōz, *sagjōs
accusative *sagją *sagjanz
genitive *sagjas, *sagis *sagjǫ̂
dative *sagjai *sagjamaz
instrumental *sagjō *sagjamiz
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *sagi
    • Old English: seċġ
    • Old Frisian: siā
    • Old Saxon: segg
    • ⇒ Old High German: beinseggo
  • Old Norse: seggr
  • Gothic: *𐍃𐌰𐌲- (*sag-) (uncertain lemma; possibly attested in given names)

Etymology 2

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”), assuming an original sense of "sharp grass" (note Old English seċġ (“sword”)), or from a Proto-Indo-European *sak- (“marsh plant”) of potential substrate origin (compare Welsh hesg (“sedge, rushes”)), though the latter comparanda have been considered as derived from the former.[2]

Noun

*sagjaz m[2]

  1. sedge
Inflection
Declension of *sagjaz (masculine ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *sagjaz *sagjōz, *sagjōs
vocative *sagi *sagjōz, *sagjōs
accusative *sagją *sagjanz
genitive *sagjas, *sagis *sagjǫ̂
dative *sagjai *sagjamaz
instrumental *sagjō *sagjamiz
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *sagi
    • Old English: seċġ
    • Old Frisian: *sedz, *segg
      • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Säggäärs, Säächgäärs
      • West Frisian: sigge
    • Old Saxon: *seggi
    • Old Dutch: *seggi

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sagja- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 420
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sagja- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 420
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