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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sok-éh₂, from *sek- (“to cut”) + *-éh₂.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*sagō f[1]
- saw (tool)
Inflection
Declension of *sagō (ō-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*sagō
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*sagôz
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| vocative
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*sagō
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*sagôz
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| accusative
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*sagǭ
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*sagōz
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| genitive
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*sagōz
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*sagǫ̂
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| dative
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*sagōi
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*sagōmaz
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| instrumental
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*sagō
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*sagōmiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *sagu
- Old English: sagu
- Old Frisian: sage
- Saterland Frisian: Soage
- West Frisian: seage
- Old Saxon: saga
- Middle Low German: sage
- Low German: Saag
- Plautdietsch: Soag
- Old Dutch: *saga
- Old High German: saga
- Old Norse: sǫg
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sagō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 421