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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sauþaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂sewt- (“to roil”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑu̯.θɑz/

Noun

*sauþaz m

  1. boiling; seething
  2. wellspring; fountain; source
  3. well; pit

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *sauþaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *sauþaz *sauþōz, *sauþōs
vocative *sauþ *sauþōz, *sauþōs
accusative *sauþą *sauþanz
genitive *sauþas, *sauþis *sauþǫ̂
dative *sauþai *sauþamaz
instrumental *sauþō *sauþamiz

Descendants
  • Old English: sēaþ
    • Middle English: seath, sæth, seth
      • English: seath, seth
  • Old Frisian: sāth
    • East Frisian: sād
  • Old Saxon: *sōth
    • Middle Low German: sôt
      • German Low German: Sood
  • Old High German: *soud, *sōd
    • Middle High German: sōt
      • Alemannic German: Sood
  • Old Norse: sauðr; (seyðr (< *sauþiz))
    • Norwegian: saud (dialectal)
    • Old Gutnish: sauþr
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (sauþs)
  • → Finnic: *hauta (see there for further descendants)
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