Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sagi

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 1

From Proto-Germanic *sagjaz.

Noun

*sagi m[1]

retainer, warrior

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sagi	saggjō, saggjōs
Accusative	*sagi	*saggjā
Genitive	*saggjas	*saggjō
Dative	*saggjē	*saggjum
Instrumental	*saggju	*saggjum

Descendants

Old English: secg
- Middle English: seg, sege, segge
  - Scots: seg
  - English: segge, seg
Old Frisian: siā
Old Saxon: segg
⇒ Old High German: beinseggo

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sagjaz.

Noun

*sagi m

sedge

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sagi	saggjō, saggjōs
Accusative	*sagi	*saggjā
Genitive	*saggjas	*saggjō
Dative	*saggjē	*saggjum
Instrumental	*saggju	*saggjum

Descendants

Old English: secg
- Middle English: segge
  - English: sedge
Old Saxon: *seggi
- Middle Low German: segge
  - German Low German: Segge, Segg
Old Dutch: *seggi
- Middle Dutch: segge
  - Dutch: zegge

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47: “PWGmc *sagi”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47: “PWGmc *sagi”