Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sigiþī

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

*sigþī (late)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sigiþiz.

Noun

*sigiþī m[1]

sickle

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sigiþī
Genitive	*sigiþijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sigiþī	sigiþijō, sigiþijōs
Accusative	*sigiþī	*sigiþijā
Genitive	*sigiþijas	*sigiþijō
Dative	*sigiþijē	*sigiþijum
Instrumental	*sigiþiju	*sigiþijum

Descendants

Old English: sigþe, sigdi, sīþe m
- Middle English: sithe, sythe
  - English: scythe
  - Scots: sithe, scythe
Old Frisian: *sichte, *sīthe
- Saterland Frisian: Sied m
- West Frisian: sichte
Old Saxon: *sigitha, *sigtha, *sihta
- Middle Low German: sigde, sichte, segede, sicht f
  - German Low German: Sichte, Sicht
Old Dutch: *sigitha, *sigtha, *sihta
- Middle Dutch: sichte f
  - Dutch: zicht
    - → West Frisian: zicht

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 277: “PWGmc *sigiþī”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 277: “PWGmc *sigiþī”