Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/saifr

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *saifraz, from Proto-Indo-European *seyp- (“to flow, run, drip”).

Noun edit

*saifr m

slime, drool, spit

Inflection edit

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*saifr
Genitive	*saifras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*saifr	saifrō, saifrōs
Accusative	*saifr	*saifrā
Genitive	*saifras	*saifrō
Dative	*saifrē	*saifrum
Instrumental	*saifru	*saifrum

Descendants edit

Old English: sāfor
Old Frisian: sāver, sēver
- Saterland Frisian: Seeuwer
Old Saxon: *sēvar
- Middle Low German: sêver
  - German Low German: Sever
Old Dutch: *sēvar
- Middle Dutch: sêver
  - Dutch: zever
  - Limburgish: zeiver
Old High German: seifar, seivar
- Middle High German: seifer
  - German: Seifer (archaic, dialectal)