Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sagō

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sagǭ

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *sokéh₂[1], from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.ɣɔː/

Noun

*sagō f

a saw (tool)

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *sagō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sagō	*sagôz
vocative	*sagō	*sagôz
accusative	*sagǭ	*sagōz
genitive	*sagōz	*sagǫ̂
dative	*sagōi	*sagōmaz
instrumental	*sagō	*sagōmiz

Related terms

*sagisnō
*sagô
*sahsą

Descendants

Old English: saga m, sagu
- Middle English: sawe
  - Scots: seg
  - English: saw
    - Sranan Tongo: sa
Old Frisian: sage
- Saterland Frisian: Soage
- West Frisian: seage
Old Saxon: saga
- Middle Low German: sage
  - Low German: Saag
  - Plautdietsch: Soag
  - Old Swedish: sagh
    - Swedish: såg
    - → Finnish: saha
  - Elfdalian: såg
  - Westrobothnian: såg
  - Jamtish: ság
  - Gutnish: sag
  - Norwegian: sag
  - Faroese: sag
  - Smalandian: sav
  - Scanian: saw
  - Danish: sav
Old Dutch: *saga
- Middle Dutch: sage, saghe
  - Dutch: zaag
    - Afrikaans: saag
Old High German: saga
- Middle High German: sage
  - German: Säge
  - Luxembourgish: See
  - Yiddish: זעג‎ (zeg)
Old Norse: sǫg
- Icelandic: sög
- Norwegian: (dial.) sog, såg, sòg
- Old Swedish: (sagh)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill