Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sauw

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

Alternative forms

*sau

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saw(w)ą, *saw(w)az, from Proto-Indo-European *sow-ó-s, from *sew- (“to press out”) +‎ *-ós. Cognate with Sanskrit सव (savá, “juice (of the Soma)”), सुनोति (sunóti, “to press (Soma)”).[1][2]

Noun

*sauw n

juice

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sauw
Genitive	*sauwas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sauw	*sauwu
Accusative	*sauw	*sauwu
Genitive	*sauwas	*sauwō
Dative	*sauwē	*sauwum
Instrumental	*sauwu	*sauwum

Descendants

Old English: sēaw, sēa
- Middle English: sew, cew, cewe, seew, seue, sewe; seaw
  - English: sew (obsolete)
Old Saxon: sō
Old High German: sou

References

Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*sawan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 320
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*sawwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428

[1] Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*sawan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 320

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*sawwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428