Appendix:Proto-Germanic/segaz

This entry contains Proto-Germanic reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms

• *seguz, *sigiz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ségʰos ~ ségʰes- (“control, power”). Cognate with Sanskrit सहस् (sáhas, “force, power, victory”), and the Ancient Greek verb ἔχω (ékhō, “I have, I own”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈse.ɣɑz/

Noun

*segaz n

1. victory, triumph

Declension

Declension of *segaz (z-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*segaz	*sigizō
Vocative	*segaz	*sigizō
Accusative	*segaz	*sigizō
Genitive	*sigiziz	*sigizǫ̂
Dative	*sigizi	*sigizumaz
Instrumental	*sigizē	*sigizumiz

Descendants

• Old English: sigor, siġe
  • Middle English: siȝe, sige
    • English: sig
• Old Frisian: sige, sī
  • Saterland Frisian: Siech
  • West Frisian: sege
• Old Saxon: sigi
  • Middle Low German: sege
• Old Dutch: sigi (in compounds)
  • Middle Dutch: seghe, sege
    • Dutch: zege
• Old High German: sigi, sigu
  • Middle High German: sige
    • German: Sieg
• Old Norse: sigr
  • Icelandic: sigur
  • Faeroese: sigur
  • Norwegian:
    • Bokmål: seier
    • Nynorsk: siger
  • Swedish: seger
  • Danish: sejr
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍃 (sigis)

References