Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sagō

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sagǭ

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 Proto-Indo-European *sok-éh₂, from *sek- (“to cut”) +‎ *-éh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.ɣɔː/

Noun

*sagō f

1. saw (tool)

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *sagō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sagō	*sagôz
vocative	*sagō	*sagôz
accusative	*sagǭ	*sagōz
genitive	*sagōz	*sagǫ̂
dative	*sagōi	*sagōmaz
instrumental	*sagō	*sagōmiz

Related terms

• *sagisnō
• *sagô
• *sahsą

Derived terms

• *sagōspēnuz (“sawdust”)

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sagu
  • Old English: sagu
    • Middle English: sawe
      • English: saw
      • Yola: zaawe
  • Old Frisian: sage
    • Saterland Frisian: Soage
    • West Frisian: seage
  • Old Saxon: saga
    • Middle Low German: sage
      • Low German: Saag
      • Plautdietsch: Soag
  • Old Dutch: *saga
    • Middle Dutch: sāge
      • Dutch: zaag
        • Afrikaans: saag
  • Old High German: saga
    • Middle High German: sage
      • German: Säge
      • Luxembourgish: See
      • Yiddish: זעג (zeg)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: жага, žaga
    • → Slovene: žaga
• Old Norse: sǫg
  • Icelandic: sög
  • Faroese: sag
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sag, sog; (dialectal) sau, sav, saj
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sag m or f
  • Jamtish: ság
  • Elfdalian: såg
  • Old Swedish: sagh, saagh
    • Swedish: såg
    • → Finnish: saha
  • Danish: sav
  • Smalandian: sav
  • Scanian: saw
  • Gutnish: sag
  • → Kildin Sami: са̄гк (sāgk)