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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sauþaz

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 *h₂sewt- (“to roil”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑu̯.θɑz/

Noun

*sauþaz m

  1. boiling; seething
  2. wellspring; fountain; source
    Synonyms: *brunnô, *kaldijǭ
  3. well
    Synonyms: *kaldijǭ, *wallijǭ
  4. pit
    Synonyms: *dankō, *grōbō

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *sauþaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *sauþaz *sauþōz, *sauþōs
vocative *sauþ *sauþōz, *sauþōs
accusative *sauþą *sauþanz
genitive *sauþas, *sauþis *sauþǫ̂
dative *sauþai *sauþamaz
instrumental *sauþō *sauþamiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *sauþ
    • Old English: sēaþ
      • Middle English: seath, sæth, seth
        • English: seath, seth
    • Old Frisian: sāth
      • Saterland Frisian: Sood
      • West Frisian: saad
    • Old Saxon: *sōth
      • Middle Low German: sôt
        • German Low German: Sood
    • Old High German: *soud, *sōd
      • Middle High German: sōt
        • Alemannic German: Sood
  • Proto-Norse: *ᛊᚨᚢᛞᛉ (*saudʀ /⁠*sauðʀ⁠/)
    • Old Norse: sauðr, seyðr (< *sauþiz)
      • Icelandic: sauður
      • Faroese: seyður
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: sau, saud; (dialectal) saud’e
        • → Norwegian Bokmål: sau
      • Jamtish: souð
      • Elfdalian: suð
      • Old Swedish: sø̄þer
        • Swedish: söd, sö (dialectal)
      • Old Gutnish: sauþr, soyþr
      • → Greenlandic: sava
    • → Proto-Samic: *sāvcë (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Gutnish: sauþr, soyþr
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (sauþs) (< *sauþiz)
  • → Proto-Finnic: *hauta (see there for further descendants)
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