Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/segaz

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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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *séǵʰos (the overpowering), from root *seǵʰ- (to hold, overpower). Cognate with Sanskrit सहस् (sáhas, force, power, victory), as well as Ancient Greek ἔχω (ékhō, I have, I own). The alternate forms are a result of syncopation and subsequent re-analysis of the z-declension.

Pronunciation

Noun

*segaz n

  1. victory, triumph

Inflection

Declension of *segaz (z-stem)
singular plural
nominative *segaz *sigizō
vocative *segaz *sigizō
accusative *segaz *sigizō
genitive *sigiziz *sigizǫ̂
dative *sigizi *sigizumaz
instrumental *sigizē *sigizumiz

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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*segiz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 430