Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/saiwi

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 *saiwiz.

Noun

*saiwi m

1. body of water: lake, sea, ocean

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*saiwi
Genitive	*saiwī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*saiwi	*saiwī
Accusative	*saiwi	*saiwī
Genitive	*saiwī	*saiwijō
Dative	*saiwī	*saiwim, *saiwijum
Instrumental	*saiwī	*saiwim, *saiwijum

Descendants

• Old English: sǣ f or m
  • Middle English: see, ce, sæ, se, sea, sei, ze
    • English: sea
    • Scots: se, see, sey, seye, sie
    • Yola: zea, zee
• Old Frisian: sē
  • North Frisian: see
  • Saterland Frisian: See, Säi
  • West Frisian: see
• Old Saxon: sēo m, sēu
  • Middle Low German: sê
    • German Low German: See
    • Plautdietsch: See
• Old Dutch: sēo m
  • Middle Dutch: sêe f or m
    • Dutch: zee f
      • Afrikaans: see
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: sei
      • Javindo: see
      • Negerhollands: see
      • → Saramaccan: zé
      • → Sranan Tongo: se
    • Limburgish: zieë f
    • West Flemish: zji m or f, zêe
• Old High German: sēo m
  • Middle High German: sē m (rarely f)
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: sea

      Mòcheno: sea

    • German: See m (“lake”), See f (“sea”) (latter in part from Low German)
    • Luxembourgish: Séi