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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sagōną

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

From *sagō (a saw) + *-ōną.

Verb

*sagōną[1]

  1. to saw, cut

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sagōn
    • Old English: *sagian
    • Old Frisian: sagia (implied by holtsagia)
      • Saterland Frisian: soagje
      • West Frisian: saagje, seagje, seegje
    • Old Saxon: *sagōn
    • Old Dutch: *sagon
    • Old High German: sagōn
  • Old Norse: saga

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*sagōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 311
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