Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sīganą
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This Proto-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-Germanic
Etymology
According to Orel, a variant of *sīhwaną, which is from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour out; gush; flow; run; trickle”).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “why was it delabialized?”)
Verb
Inflection
Conjugation of *sīganą (strong class 1)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*sīʒ(w)anan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 329