Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sauw

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saw(w)ą, *saw(w)az, from Proto-Indo-European *sow-ó-s, from *sew- (to press out) +‎ *-ós. Cognate with Sanskrit सव (savá, juice (of the Soma)), सुनोति (sunóti, to press (Soma)).[1][2]

Noun

*sauw n

  1. juice

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *sauw
Genitive *sauwas
Singular Plural
Nominative *sauw *sauwu
Accusative *sauw *sauwu
Genitive *sauwas *sauwō
Dative *sauwē *sauwum
Instrumental *sauwu *sauwum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sawan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 320
  2. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sawwa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428