Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sagjaną
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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
From Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-h₁-yé-, from a derivative of *sekʷ- (“to say”).
Pronunciation
Verb
*sagjaną
- to say
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *sagjō | *sagjaų | — | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | *sagaisi | *sagjais | *sagai | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | *sagaiþi | *sagjai | *sagjaþau | — | — | |
| 1st dual | *sagjōs | *sagjaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *sagjaþiz | *sagjaiþiz | *sagjaþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *sagjamaz | *sagjaim | — | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | *sagaiþ | *sagjaiþ | *sagaiþ | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | *sagjanþi | *sagjain | *sagjanþau | — | — | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *sagdǭ | *sagdēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *sagdēz | *sagdēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *sagdē | *sagdēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *sagdēdū | *sagdēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *sagdēdudiz | *sagdēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *sagdēdum | *sagdēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *sagdēdud | *sagdēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *sagdēdun | *sagdēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *sagjandz | *sagdaz | ||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Synonyms
Antonyms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *saggjan
- Old English: seċġan
- Old Frisian: sedza, sidza
- Old Saxon: seggian
- Old Dutch: seggen
- Old High German: sagēn
- Old Norse: segja
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN