Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sair

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 1

From Proto-Germanic *sairaz.

Adjective

*sair

2. painful, sore

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*sair
Genitive	*sairas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*sair	*sairu	*sair
Accusative	*sairanā	*sairā	*sair
Genitive	*sairas	*saireʀā	*sairas
Dative	*sairumē	*saireʀē	*sairumē
Instrumental	*sairu	*saireʀu	*sairu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*sairē	*sairō	*sairu
Accusative	*sairā	*sairā	*sairu
Genitive	*saireʀō	*saireʀō	*saireʀō
Dative	*sairēm, *sairum	*sairēm, *sairum	*sairēm, *sairum
Instrumental	*sairēm, *sairum	*sairēm, *sairum	*sairēm, *sairum

Derived terms

• *sairēn
• *sairijan

Descendants

• Old English: sār
  • Middle English: sore, sar, sor
    • Scots: sare, sair
    • English: sore
• Old Frisian: *sēr, *sār
  • Saterland Frisian: seer
  • West Frisian: sear
• Old Saxon: sēr
  • Middle Low German: sēr
    • German Low German: sehr
• Old Dutch: *sēr
  • Middle Dutch: sêer
    • Dutch: zeer
      • Afrikaans: seer
• Old High German: sēr
  • Middle High German: sēr
    • Alemannic German: seer
    • German: sehr
    • Luxembourgish: séier
    • Yiddish: זייער (zeyer)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sairą, cognate with Proto-Norse *ᛊᚨᛁᚱᚨ (*saira).

Noun

*sair n

2. pain
3. wound

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sair
Genitive	*sairas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sair	*sairu
Accusative	*sair	*sairu
Genitive	*sairas	*sairō
Dative	*sairē	*sairum
Instrumental	*sairu	*sairum

Derived terms

• *sairijan

Descendants

• Old English: sār
  • English: sore
• Old Dutch: sēr
  • Middle Dutch: sêer
    • Dutch: zeer