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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 *sep- (“to taste, test, try out”). Cognate with Latin sapiō (“to smack, taste, savour, have sense, discern”), Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós, “wise, clever”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*sebô m
- sense, taste, perception
- mind, understanding
Inflection
Declension of *sebô (masculine an-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*sebô
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*sebaniz
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| vocative
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*sebô
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*sebaniz
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| accusative
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*sebanų
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*sebanunz
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| genitive
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*sibiniz
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*sebanǫ̂
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| dative
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*sibini
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*sebammaz
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| instrumental
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*sibinē
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*sebammiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *sebō
- Old English: sefa, seofa
- Old Saxon: sevo
- Old Dutch: *sevo
- Middle Dutch: seve
- Dutch: seef, sèèf (dialectal)
- West Flemish: seve, seef, zeve, zeef
- >? Old High German: *sebo
- ⇒ Old High German: intsebida, insebida
- Old Norse: sefi