Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sairą

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

See *sairaz.

Noun

*sairą n

1. wound
2. pain, soreness

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *sairą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sairą	*sairō
vocative	*sairą	*sairō
accusative	*sairą	*sairō
genitive	*sairas, *sairis	*sairǫ̂
dative	*sairai	*sairamaz
instrumental	*sairō	*sairamiz

Related terms

• *sairaz (“sore, wounded”)
• *sairagaz (“sad; saddened; grieved; sorry”)
• *sairijaną (“to wound, to make hurt”)

Descendants

• Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍂 (sair)
• Proto-West Germanic: *sair
  • Old English: sār
    • English: sore
  • Old Dutch: sēr
    • Middle Dutch: sêer
      • Dutch: zeer
• Proto-Norse: *ᛊᚨᛁᚱᚨ (*saira)
  • Old Norse: sár
    • Icelandic: sár
    • Faroese: sár
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: sår
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sår
    • Old Swedish: sār
      • Swedish: sår
    • Old Danish: saar, sār
      • Danish: sår