Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sagi

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *sagjaz.

Noun

*sagi m

sedge

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sagi
Genitive	*saggjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sagi	saggjō, saggjōs
Accusative	*sagi	*saggjā
Genitive	*saggjas	*saggjō
Dative	*saggjē	*saggjum
Instrumental	*saggju	*saggjum

Related terms

*sahar
- Old Saxon: sahar
- Old High German: sahar
  - Middle High German: saher
    - German: Saher
- ⇒ *saharahi
  - Old Saxon: saharahi, saharai
  - Old High German: saharahi

Descendants

Old English: seċġ
- Middle English: segge
  - English: sedge
  - Scots: seg
Old Frisian: *sedz, *segg
- ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Säggäärs, Säächgäärs
- West Frisian: sigge
Old Saxon: *seggi
- Middle Low German: segge
  - German Low German: Segge, Segg
    - → German: Segge
Old Dutch: *seggi
- Middle Dutch: segge
  - Dutch: zegge

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sagjaz.

Noun

*sagi m^[1]

retainer, warrior

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sagi
Genitive	*saggjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sagi	saggjō, saggjōs
Accusative	*sagi	*saggjā
Genitive	*saggjas	*saggjō
Dative	*saggjē	*saggjum
Instrumental	*saggju	*saggjum

Descendants

Old English: seċġ
- Middle English: seg, sege, segge
  - English: segge, seg
  - Scots: seg
Old Frisian: siā
Old Saxon: segg
⇒ Old High German: beinseggo

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47: “PWGmc *sagi”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47: “PWGmc *sagi”

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