Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sēdiz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *sēaną +‎ *-þiz, corresponding to a Proto-Indo-European *seh₁tis, from *seh₁- (“to sow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛː.ðiz/

Noun

*sēdiz f

seed

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *sēdiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sēdiz	*sēdīz
vocative	*sēdi	*sēdīz
accusative	*sēdį	*sēdinz
genitive	*sēdīz	*sēdijǫ̂
dative	*sēdī	*sēdimaz
instrumental	*sēdī	*sēdimiz

Synonyms

*sēmô

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sādi
- Old High German: sāt
  - Middle High German: sāt
    - German: Saat
Proto-West Germanic: *sād
- Old English: sǣd, sēd
  - Middle English: seed, ceed, ceede, sed, sede, sedde, seede, seide, seod, seth, seyd, seyde, side, syd, zed; sad, sæd, sæt
    - English: seed
    - Scots: seed, seid, sid
    - Yola: zeade
- Old Frisian: sēd
  - Saterland Frisian: Säid
  - West Frisian: sied
- Old Saxon: sād
  - Middle Low German: sât
    - German Low German: Saad
    - Plautdietsch: Sot
- Old Dutch: *sād
  - Middle Dutch: sâet
    - Dutch: zaad
      - Afrikaans: saad
    - Limburgish: zaod
    - ⇒ Zealandic: zaedje
Old Norse: sáð; sæði
- Icelandic: sáð
- Faroese: sáð
- Norwegian: sæd
- Old Swedish: sǣþ
  - Swedish: säd
- Old Danish:
  - Danish: sæd
- Gutnish: sid
Gothic: *𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 (*sēþs) (in 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 (manasēþs))