Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sigiþiz

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

Likely a nominal formation from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”), and related to *sagō (“saw”).[1]

Noun

*sigiþiz m[1][2]

  1. sickle

Inflection

Declension of *sigiþiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *sigiþiz *sigiþīz
vocative *sigiþi *sigiþīz
accusative *sigiþį *sigiþinz
genitive *sigiþīz *sigiþijǫ̂
dative *sigiþī *sigiþimaz
instrumental *sigiþī *sigiþimiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sigiþī, *sigþī (late)
    • Old English: sigþe, sigdi, sīþe m
    • Old Frisian: *sichte, *sīthe
    • Old Saxon: *sigitha, *sigtha, *sihta
    • Old Dutch: *sigitha, *sigtha, *sihta
  • Old Norse: sigðr; sigðir (“sword”)
    • Icelandic: sigður
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: sigd

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*seʒiþaz ~ *seʒiþōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 322
  2. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 277: “PNWGmc *sigiþiz”
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