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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/segaz
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *seguz, *sigiz
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *séǵʰos (“control, power”), from root *seǵʰ- (“to hold, overpower”).[1] Cognate with Sanskrit सहस् (sáhas, “force, power, victory”), and the Ancient Greek verb ἔχω (ékhō, “I have, I own”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈse.ɣɑz/
Noun
*segaz n
- victory, triumph
Inflection
| z-stemDeclension of *segaz (z-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *segaz | *sigizō | |
| vocative | *segaz | *sigizō | |
| accusative | *segaz | *sigizō | |
| genitive | *sigiziz | *sigizǫ̂ | |
| dative | *sigizi | *sigizumaz | |
| instrumental | *sigizē | *sigizumiz | |
Derived terms
- *sigizōną
- *Sigigastiz
- *Sigimēraz
- *Sigimunduz
- *Sigiwarduz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *sigʀ, *sigu, *sigi
- Old English: sigor, siġe
- Middle English: siȝe, sige
- Old Frisian: sige, sī
- Saterland Frisian: Siech
- West Frisian: sege
- Old Saxon: sigi
- Middle Low German: sēge
- German Low German: Sieg
- Middle Low German: sēge
- Old Dutch: sigi (in compounds)
- Middle Dutch: sēge
- Dutch: zege
- Middle Dutch: sēge
- Old High German: sigi, sigu
- Middle High German: sige
- German: Sieg
- Hunsrik: Siegh
- Middle High German: sige
- Old English: sigor, siġe
- Old Norse: sigr
- Icelandic: sigur
- Faroese: sigur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: siger
- Old Swedish: sigher
- Swedish: seger
- Old Danish: sighær
- Danish: sejr
- Norwegian Bokmål: seier
- Danish: sejr
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍃 (sigis)
- Vandalic: *sigiz
References
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN