Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sagjaną

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.

From Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-h₁-yé-, from a derivative of *sekʷ- (“to say”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑɣ.jɑ.nɑ̃/

*sagjaną

1. to say

• *furaisagjaną
• *sagīniz
• *sanþasagulaz

• *kweþaną

• *þagjaną

• Proto-West Germanic: *saggjan
  • Old English: seċġan
    • Middle English: seggen, seyen, sayen
      • Scots: say, sa
      • English: say
  • Old Frisian: sedza, sidza
    • North Frisian: seja, siie
    • West Frisian: sizze
  • Old Saxon: seggian
    • Middle Low German: seggen
      • Low German: seggen
  • Old Dutch: seggen
    • Middle Dutch: seggen
      • Dutch: zeggen
        • Afrikaans: sê
        • Javindo: seg, seggen, sèè
        • Jersey Dutch: sääxxe
        • Petjo: sehhen
      • Limburgish: zègke
  • Old High German: sagen
    • Middle High German: sagen
      • Alemannic German: säge
        • Alsatian: soeje (near Fränkisch areas, in Northern Alsace), sawe (Central), sàge (South)
        • Swabian:
          • Sathmar Swabian: sage
        • Walser: sägä, séege, ŝchegi, ŝchége
      • Bavarian: sogn, sågn, song (phonetic spelling), soon (Timau), sång
      • Central Franconian: sage
      • German: sagen
      • Luxembourgish: soen
      • Vilamovian: ziön
      • Yiddish: זאָגן (zogn)
• Old Norse: segja
  • Icelandic: segja
  • Faroese: siga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: seia, segja
  • Jamtish: segi
  • Elfdalian: saja
  • Old Swedish: sæghia, sighia
    • Swedish: säga
  • Old Danish: sæghiæ, sighæ
    • Danish: sige
      • Norwegian Bokmål: si
    • Scanian: siğa, sæğa
  • Old Gutnish: segia
    • Gutnish: säge