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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sauzaz

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

Alternative forms

  • *sauzijaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂sows-, *h₂sus- (dry). Cognate with Lithuanian sausas (dry), Russian сухо́й (sukhoy, dry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑu̯.zɑz/

Adjective

*sauzaz

  1. dry, parched

Inflection


Descendants

  • Old English: sēar, sīere
  • Old Saxon: *sōr
    • Middle Low German: sōr
      • German Low German: soor
      • Low German: soor
  • Old Frankish: *saur, *sōr, *sōri
  • Old High German: *sōr (attested in derivatives)
  • Old Norse: *saurr; *sauri (m); seyra (f)
    • Icelandic: seyra (f)
    • Norwegian: søyr (m)
    • Swedish: skör (with unexplained -k-)
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