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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 *h₂sewt- (“to roil”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*sauþaz m
- boiling; seething
- wellspring; fountain; source
- Synonyms: *brunnô, *kaldijǭ
- well
- Synonyms: *kaldijǭ, *wallijǭ
- pit
- Synonyms: *dankō, *grōbō
Inflection
Declension of *sauþaz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*sauþaz
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*sauþōz, *sauþōs
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| vocative
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*sauþ
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*sauþōz, *sauþōs
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| accusative
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*sauþą
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*sauþanz
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| genitive
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*sauþas, *sauþis
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*sauþǫ̂
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| dative
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*sauþai
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*sauþamaz
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| instrumental
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*sauþō
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*sauþamiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *sauþ
- Old English: sēaþ
- Middle English: seath, sæth, seth
- Old Frisian: sāth
- Saterland Frisian: Sood
- West Frisian: saad
- Old Saxon: *sōth
- Old High German: *soud, *sōd
- Proto-Norse: *ᛊᚨᚢᛞᛉ (*saudʀ /*sauðʀ/)
- Old Norse: sauðr, seyðr — < Proto-Germanic *sauþiz (< *sauþiz)
- Icelandic: sauður
- Faroese: seyður
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sau, saud; (dialectal) saud’e
- Jamtish: souð
- Elfdalian: suð
- Old Swedish: sø̄þer
- Swedish: söd, sö (dialectal)
- Old Gutnish: sauþr, soyþr
- → Greenlandic: sava
- → Proto-Samic: *sāvcë (see there for further descendants)
- Old Gutnish: sauþr, soyþr
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (sauþs) (< *sauþiz)
- → Proto-Finnic: *hauta (see there for further descendants)