Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sairą

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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Nominalized formation from *sairaz (“sore, painful”).^[1]

Noun

*sairą n

wound
pain, soreness

Inflection

Declension of *sairą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sairą	*sairō
vocative	*sairą	*sairō
accusative	*sairą	*sairō
genitive	sairas, sairis	*sairǫ̂
dative	*sairai	*sairamaz
instrumental	*sairō	*sairamiz

Related terms

*sairaz (“sore, wounded”)
*sairagaz (“sad; saddened; grieved; sorry”)
*sairijaną (“to wound, to make hurt”)

Descendants

Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍂 (sair)
Proto-West Germanic: *sair
- Old English: sār
  - English: sore
- Old Dutch: sēr
  - Middle Dutch: sêer
    - Dutch: zeer
Proto-Norse: *ᛊᚨᛁᚱᚨ (*saira)
- Old Norse: sár
  - Icelandic: sár
  - Faroese: sár
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: sår
  - Norwegian Bokmål: sår
  - Old Swedish: sār
    - Swedish: sår
  - Old Danish: saar, sār
    - Danish: sår

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sairan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 313

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sairan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 313

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