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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sairaz

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 *seh₂yro-, enlargement of *seh₂y- (to be fierce, afflict) (compare Hittite [script needed] (sāwar, anger), Welsh hoed (pain), and Latin saevus.[1][2][3] Solmsen also connects Ancient Greek αἱμωδία (haimōdía, sensation of having teeth on edge) to the Proto-Germanic word as well.[4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑi̯.rɑz/

Adjective

*sairaz

  1. sore, painful

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sair
    • Old English: sār
    • Old Frisian: *sēr, *sār
      • Saterland Frisian: seer
      • West Frisian: sear
    • Old Saxon: sēr
      • Middle Low German: sēr
        • German Low German: sehr
    • Old Dutch: *sēr
    • Old High German: sēr
  • Old Norse: sárr
  • Proto-Finnic: *sairas
    • Finnish: sairas
      • Karelian: šairas
      • Votic: sairõz

References

  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “saevus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 534
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “saytu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 325
  3. Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 799
  4. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “αἱμωδέω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39
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