Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sauzaz

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 *h₂sows- (“dry”). Cognate with Lithuanian saũsas (“dry”), Russian сухо́й (suxój, “dry”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɑu̯.zɑz/

Adjective

*sauzaz

dry, parched

Inflection

Declension of *sauzaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*sauzaz	*sauzō	*sauzą, -atō	*sauzai	*sauzôz	*sauzō
accusative	*sauzanǭ	*sauzǭ	*sauzą, -atō	*sauzanz	*sauzōz	*sauzō
genitive	*sauzas, -is	*sauzaizōz	*sauzas, -is	*sauzaizǫ̂	*sauzaizǫ̂	*sauzaizǫ̂
dative	*sauzammai	*sauzaizōi	*sauzammai	*sauzaimaz	*sauzaimaz	*sauzaimaz
instrumental	*sauzanō	*sauzaizō	*sauzanō	*sauzaimiz	*sauzaimiz	*sauzaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*sauzô	*sauzǭ	*sauzô	*sauzaniz	*sauzōniz	*sauzōnō
accusative	*sauzanų	*sauzōnų	*sauzô	*sauzanunz	*sauzōnunz	*sauzōnō
genitive	*sauziniz	*sauzōniz	*sauziniz	*sauzanǫ̂	*sauzōnǫ̂	*sauzanǫ̂
dative	*sauzini	*sauzōni	*sauzini	*sauzammaz	*sauzōmaz	*sauzammaz
instrumental	*sauzinē	*sauzōnē	*sauzinē	*sauzammiz	*sauzōmiz	*sauzammiz

Derived terms

*sauzijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sauʀ(ī)
- Old English: sēar, sīere
  - Middle English: sere
    - English: sear, sere, sare
- Old Saxon: *sōr
  - Middle Low German: sôr
    - German Low German: soor
    - Low German: soor
- Old Dutch: *sōr
  - Middle Dutch: sôor
    - Dutch: zoor
- Old High German: *sōr
  - Middle High German: sōr
    - German: sohr
- → Medieval Latin: saurus, sōrius
  - Old French: sor; sorrel, surrel
    - Middle French: saur; sorel
      - French: saur
    - → Middle English: sorel
      - English: sorrel
  - Occitan: sor, saur
  - Italian: sauro
- →⇒? Old Galician-Portuguese: souriço (see there for further descendants)
Old Norse: *saurr
- >? Swedish: skör (with unexplained -k-; possibly an unrelated borrowing from Low German)
- ⇒ Old Norse: *sauri m; seyra f
  - Icelandic: seyra f
  - Norwegian: søyr m

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sauza-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sauza-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428