Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/saiwi

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Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

Noun

*saiwi m

  1. body of water: lake, sea, ocean

Inflection

i-stem
Singular
Nominative *saiwi
Genitive *saiwī
Singular Plural
Nominative *saiwi *saiwī
Accusative *saiwi *saiwī
Genitive *saiwī *saiwijō
Dative *saiwī *saiwim, *saiwijum
Instrumental *saiwī *saiwim, *saiwijum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: sǣ f or m
  • Old Frisian: sē
    • North Frisian: see
    • Saterland Frisian: See, Säi
    • West Frisian: see
  • Old Saxon: sēo m, sēu
    • Middle Low German: sê
      • German Low German: See
      • Plautdietsch: See
  • Old Dutch: sēo m
    • Middle Dutch: sêe f or m
      • Dutch: zee f
        • Afrikaans: see
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: sei
        • Javindo: see
        • Negerhollands: see
        • → Saramaccan: zé
        • → Sranan Tongo: se
      • Limburgish: zieë f
      • West Flemish: zji m or f, zêe
  • Old High German: sēo m
    • Middle High German: sē m (rarely f)
      • Bavarian:
        Cimbrian: sea
        Mòcheno: sea
      • German: See m (“lake”), See f (“sea”) (latter in part from Low German)
      • Luxembourgish: Séi
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