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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sauw

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saw(w)ą, *saw(w)az, from Proto-Indo-European *sow-ó-s, from *sew- (“to press out”) +‎ *-ós. Cognate with Sanskrit सव (savá, “juice (of the Soma)”), सुनोति (sunóti, “to press (Soma)”).[1][2]

Noun

*sauw n

  1. juice

Inflection
Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *sauw
Genitive *sauwas
Singular Plural
Nominative *sauw *sauwu
Accusative *sauw *sauwu
Genitive *sauwas *sauwō
Dative *sauwē *sauwum
Instrumental *sauwu *sauwum

Descendants
  • Old English: sēaw, sēa
    • Middle English: sew, cew, cewe, seew, seue, sewe; seaw
      • English: sew (obsolete)
  • Old Saxon: sō
  • Old High German: sou

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*sawan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 320
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*sawwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428
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