Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sad

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, satisfy”).

Adjective

*sad

1. sated, full

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*sad
Genitive	*sadas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*sad	*sadu	*sad
Accusative	*sadanā	*sadā	*sad
Genitive	*sadas	*sadeʀā	*sadas
Dative	*sadumē	*sadeʀē	*sadumē
Instrumental	*sadu	*sadeʀu	*sadu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*sadē	*sadō	*sadu
Accusative	*sadā	*sadā	*sadu
Genitive	*sadeʀō	*sadeʀō	*sadeʀō
Dative	*sadēm, *sadum	*sadēm, *sadum	*sadēm, *sadum
Instrumental	*sadēm, *sadum	*sadēm, *sadum	*sadēm, *sadum

Derived terms

• *saddjan
• *sadōn

Descendants

• Old English: sæd
  • Middle English: sad, saad, sadd, zed; sæd, sead, sed
    • English: sad
    • Scots: sad
• Old Frisian: sed
  • Saterland Frisian: sääd
  • West Frisian: sêd
• Old Saxon: sad
  • Middle Low German: sat
    • German Low German: satt
• Old Dutch: sad, sat
  • Middle Dutch: sat
    • Dutch: zat (with unetymological -t)
• Old High German: sat
  • Middle High German: sat
    • German: satt
    • Luxembourgish: sat
    • Yiddish: זאַט (zat)