Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/saifr

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 *saifraz, from Proto-Indo-European *seyp- (“to flow, run, drip”).

Noun

*saifr m

1. slime, drool, spit

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*saifr
Genitive	*saifras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*saifr	*saifrō, *saifrōs
Accusative	*saifr	*saifrā
Genitive	*saifras	*saifrō
Dative	*saifrē	*saifrum
Instrumental	*saifru	*saifrum

Descendants

• Old English: sāfor
• Old Frisian: sāver, sēver
  • Saterland Frisian: Seeuwer
• Old Saxon: *sēvar
  • Middle Low German: sêver
    • German Low German: Sever
• Old Dutch: *sēvar
  • Middle Dutch: sêver
    • Dutch: zever
    • Limburgish: zeiver
• Old High German: seifar, seivar
  • Middle High German: seifer
    • German: Seifer (archaic, dialectal)