Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sauzaz

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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂sows- (“dry”). Cognate with Lithuanian saũsas (“dry”), Russian сухо́й (suxój, “dry”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑu̯.zɑz/

Adjective

*sauzaz

  1. dry, parched

Inflection

Declension of *sauzaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *sauzaz *sauzō *sauzą, -atō *sauzai *sauzôz *sauzō
accusative *sauzanǭ *sauzǭ *sauzą, -atō *sauzanz *sauzōz *sauzō
genitive *sauzas, -is *sauzaizōz *sauzas, -is *sauzaizǫ̂ *sauzaizǫ̂ *sauzaizǫ̂
dative *sauzammai *sauzaizōi *sauzammai *sauzaimaz *sauzaimaz *sauzaimaz
instrumental *sauzanō *sauzaizō *sauzanō *sauzaimiz *sauzaimiz *sauzaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *sauzô *sauzǭ *sauzô *sauzaniz *sauzōniz *sauzōnō
accusative *sauzanų *sauzōnų *sauzô *sauzanunz *sauzōnunz *sauzōnō
genitive *sauziniz *sauzōniz *sauziniz *sauzanǫ̂ *sauzōnǫ̂ *sauzanǫ̂
dative *sauzini *sauzōni *sauzini *sauzammaz *sauzōmaz *sauzammaz
instrumental *sauzinē *sauzōnē *sauzinē *sauzammiz *sauzōmiz *sauzammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sauʀ(ī)
    • Old English: sēar, sīere
    • Old Saxon: *sōr
      • Middle Low German: sôr
    • Old Dutch: *sōr
    • Old High German: *sōr
    • → Medieval Latin: saurus, sōrius
    • →⇒? Old Galician-Portuguese: souriço (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Norse: *saurr
    • >? Swedish: skör (with unexplained -k-; possibly an unrelated borrowing from Low German)
    • ⇒ Old Norse: *sauri m; seyra f
      • Icelandic: seyra f
      • Norwegian: søyr m

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sauza-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428
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