Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sigi

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

Reanalyzed from z-stem Proto-Germanic *segaz.[1]

Noun

*sigi m

  1. victory

Inflection

i-stem
Singular
Nominative *sigi
Genitive *sigī
Singular Plural
Nominative *sigi *sigī
Accusative *sigi *sigī
Genitive *sigī *siggjō
Dative *sigī *sigim, *siggjum
Instrumental *sigī *sigim, *siggjum

Descendants

  • Old English: siġe, syġe, ᛋᛁᚷᛁ (siġi)
    • Middle English: sige, siȝe, syȝe, sy
  • Old Frisian: sige, sī
  • Old Saxon: sigi
    • Middle Low German: sēge
      • German Low German: Sieg
  • Old Dutch: *sigi (in compounds)
  • Old High German: sigu, sigo, sigi

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127
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