Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/saiwi

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

From Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

Noun

*saiwi m

body of water: lake, sea, ocean

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*saiwi
Genitive	*saiwī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*saiwi	*saiwī
Accusative	*saiwi	*saiwī
Genitive	*saiwī	*saiwijō
Dative	*saiwī	saiwim, saiwijum
Instrumental	*saiwī	saiwim, saiwijum

Derived terms

*saiwilīk

Descendants

Old English: sǣ f or m
- Middle English: see, ce, sæ, se, sea, sei, ze
  - English: sea
  - Scots: se, see, sey, seye, sie
  - Yola: zea, zee
Old Frisian: sē
- North Frisian: see
- Saterland Frisian: See, Säi
- West Frisian: see
Old Saxon: sēo m, sēu
- Middle Low German: sê
  - German Low German: See, Sei
  - Plautdietsch: See
Old Dutch: sēo m
- Middle Dutch: sêe f or m
  - Dutch: zee f
    - Afrikaans: see
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: sei
    - Javindo: see
    - Negerhollands: see
    - → Saramaccan: zé
    - → Sranan Tongo: se
  - Limburgish: zieë f
  - West Flemish: zji m or f, zêe
Old High German: sēo m
- Middle High German: sē m (rarely f)
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: sea
    Mòcheno: sea
  - German: See m (“lake”), See f (“sea”) (latter in part from Low German)
  - Luxembourgish: Séi