Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sairagaz

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 *sairą +‎ *-gaz and/or *sairaz +‎ *-gaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɑi̯.rɑ.ɣɑz/

Adjective

*sairagaz

sad; saddened; grieved; sorry

Inflection

Declension of *sairagaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*sairagaz	*sairagō	*sairagą, -atō	*sairagai	*sairagôz	*sairagō
accusative	*sairaganǭ	*sairagǭ	*sairagą, -atō	*sairaganz	*sairagōz	*sairagō
genitive	*sairagas, -is	*sairagaizōz	*sairagas, -is	*sairagaizǫ̂	*sairagaizǫ̂	*sairagaizǫ̂
dative	*sairagammai	*sairagaizōi	*sairagammai	*sairagaimaz	*sairagaimaz	*sairagaimaz
instrumental	*sairaganō	*sairagaizō	*sairaganō	*sairagaimiz	*sairagaimiz	*sairagaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*sairagô	*sairagǭ	*sairagô	*sairaganiz	*sairagōniz	*sairagōnō
accusative	*sairaganų	*sairagōnų	*sairagô	*sairaganunz	*sairagōnunz	*sairagōnō
genitive	*sairaginiz	*sairagōniz	*sairaginiz	*sairaganǫ̂	*sairagōnǫ̂	*sairaganǫ̂
dative	*sairagini	*sairagōni	*sairagini	*sairagammaz	*sairagōmaz	*sairagammaz
instrumental	*sairaginē	*sairagōnē	*sairaginē	*sairagammiz	*sairagōmiz	*sairagammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sairag, *sairīg
- Old English: *sāreġ, sāriġ, soriġ
  - Middle English: sari, sory
    - Scots: sary, sairie
    - English: sorry
      - → Dutch: sorry
      - → German: sorry
- Old Frisian: sērich, *sārich
  - Saterland Frisian: seerich
  - West Frisian: searich
- Old Saxon: sērag
  - Middle Low German: sêrich
    - Low German: serig
- Old Dutch: *sērag
  - Middle Dutch: sērich, seerigh
    - Dutch: zerig
- Old High German: sērag
  - Middle High German: sērec, sērig
    - German: sehrig, sērich (dialectal)
Old Norse: *sáragr
- Swedish: sårig
- Gutnish: sarugur