Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sō

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔː/

Determiner

*sō

1. nominative/accusative singular feminine of *sa

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic:
  • Old English: sēo, sio, ðiu, ðio, ðyu, ðy; siu, sio, sie; sia, syo, þeo
    • Middle English: seo, si, se, zi
  • Old Saxon: siu
• Old Norse: sú
  • Icelandic: sú
  • Faroese: sú
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍉 (sō)
• ⇒ (s- analogically replaced with þ- of the other forms)
  • Proto-West Germanic:
    • Old English: þēo
      • Middle English: þeo
        • English: tho (obsolete)
    • Old Saxon: thiu
      • Middle Low German: de
        • Low German: de
    • Old Dutch: thie-a
      • Dutch: de
    • Old High German: diu
      • Middle High German: diu
        • Alemannic German: d
        • Bavarian:

          Cimbrian: dòi, de, di

          Mòcheno: de

        • East Central German: de
        • German: die
        • Kölsch: die
        • Luxembourgish: déi
        • Yiddish: די (di)