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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/saiwiz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Derived from *sīhwaną (“to percolate, filter”), from earlier *saigwiz, Pre-Germanic *soykʷís.[1]
Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-wo- (“to be fierce, afflict”) (compare Latin saevus (“wild, fierce”), Tocharian saiwe (“itch”), Latvian sievs, sīvs (“sharp, biting”)).[2] Compare *sairaz (“sore, painful”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑi̯.wiz/
Noun
*saiwiz m
- body of water: lake, sea, ocean
Inflection
i-stemDeclension of *saiwiz (i-stem) | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | ||
nominative | *saiwiz | *saiwīz | |
vocative | *saiwi | *saiwīz | |
accusative | *saiwį | *saiwinz | |
genitive | *saiwīz | *saiwijǫ̂ | |
dative | *saiwī | *saiwimaz | |
instrumental | *saiwī | *saiwimiz |
Synonyms
- *habą
- *laguz
- *mari
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *saiwi m
- 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
- Middle English: see, ce, sæ, se, sea, sei, ze
- 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
- Plautdietsch: See
- Middle Low German: sê
- 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
- Dutch: zee f
- Middle Dutch: sêe f or m
- 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
- Bavarian:
- Middle High German: sē m (rarely f)
- Old English: sǣ f or m
- Old Norse: sær, sjár, sjór m
- Icelandic: sær, sjár, sjór m
- Faroese: sjógvur
- Norn: sju
- Norwegian: sjø
- Old Swedish: siār, siōr
- Swedish: sjö
- Old Danish: sǣ, siō
- Danish: sø
- Westrobothnian: ʃø, sy
- Elfdalian: sju
- Gutnish: sjo
- Scanian: sjǿ
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 m (saiws)
- → Proto-Samic: *sāvjë
- Northern Sami: sáiva
- Southern Sami: saajve
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Vladimir Orel, A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, s.v. "saiwiz" (Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2003), 314.