Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slagiz

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

Derived from *slahaną (“to hit, strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslɑ.ɣiz/

Noun

*slagiz m

1. blow, strike

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *slagiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*slagiz	*slagīz
vocative	*slagi	*slagīz
accusative	*slagį	*slaginz
genitive	*slagīz	*slagjǫ̂
dative	*slagī	*slagimaz
instrumental	*slagī	*slagimiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *slagi
  • Old English: sleġe
    • Middle English: slay, sleye, slaye
      • English: sley
  • Old Frisian: slei
  • Old Saxon: slegi, slag
    • Middle Low German: slach
      • German Low German: Slag
  • Old Dutch: slag
    • Middle Dutch: slach
      • Dutch: slag
        • Negerhollands: slaa
  • Old High German: slag
    • Middle High German: slac, slag
      • German: Schlag
      • Luxembourgish: Schlag
      • Rhine Franconian:

        Palatine German: Schlach

• Old Norse: slag, slagr
  • Icelandic: slag
  • Faroese: slag
  • Norwegian: slag
    • Norwegian Bokmål: slag
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: slag
  • Swedish: slag
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍃 (slahs)
• → Proto-Finnic: *lagas

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN