Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sagǭ

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sagō

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

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From Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ("to say")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.ɣɔ̃ː/

Noun

*sagǭ f

1. story

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *sagǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sagǭ	*sagōniz
vocative	*sagǭ	*sagōniz
accusative	*sagōnų	*sagōnunz
genitive	*sagōniz	*sagōnǫ̂
dative	*sagōni	*sagōmaz
instrumental	*sagōnē	*sagōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sagā
  • Old English: saga, sagu
    • Middle English: sawe
      • English: saw
  • Old Frisian: sege
  • Old Dutch: *saga
    • Middle Dutch: sāge
      • Dutch: sage (influenced by German)
      • Limburgish: zaag
  • Old High German: saga
    • Middle High German: sage
      • German: Sage
      • Luxembourgish: So
• Old Norse: saga
  • Icelandic: saga f
  • Faroese: søga f
  • Norn: saga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: soge, soga, sogu; (dialectal) søgu, søge, sugu, soggo, soka
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: soge m or f
  • Jamtish: sugu
  • Old Swedish: sagha
    • Swedish: saga
      • → Finnish: saaga
  • Old Danish: saghæ
    • Danish: sage c (archaic)
      • Norwegian Bokmål: sage m
    • Jutish: save c
  • Gutnish: sage, sagå
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: saga f
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: saga m
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: saga m or f
  • → English: saga
    • → Afrikaans: saga
  • → German: Saga
  • → Kildin Sami: соа̄гк (såågk), соагк (sågk)