Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sād

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 *sēdą, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to plant, sow”).

Noun

*sād n

1. seed

   Synonym: *sādi

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sād
Genitive	*sādas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sād	*sādu
Accusative	*sād	*sādu
Genitive	*sādas	*sādō
Dative	*sādē	*sādum
Instrumental	*sādu	*sādum

Derived terms

• *sādōn

Related terms

• *sāan

Descendants

• Old English: sǣd, sēd
  • Middle English: seed, ceed, ceede, sed, sede, sedde, seede, seide, seod, seth, seyd, seyde, side, syd, zed; sad, sæd, sæt
    • English: seed
    • Scots: seed, seid, sid
    • Yola: zeade
• Old Frisian: sēd
  • Saterland Frisian: Säid
  • West Frisian: sied
• Old Saxon: sād
  • Middle Low German: sât
    • German Low German: Saad
    • Plautdietsch: Sot
• Old Dutch: *sād
  • Middle Dutch: sâet
    • Dutch: zaad
      • Afrikaans: saad
    • Limburgish: zaod
    • ⇒ Zealandic: zaedje