Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/séǵʰos

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

From *seǵʰ- (“to hold, to overpower”) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*séǵʰos n

1. overpowering

Inflection

Athematic, acrostatic
	singular
nominative	*séǵʰos
genitive	*séǵʰesos
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*séǵʰos	*séǵʰesih₁	*séǵʰōs
vocative	*séǵʰos	*séǵʰesih₁	*séǵʰōs
accusative	*séǵʰos	*séǵʰesih₁	*séǵʰōs
genitive	*séǵʰesos	*?	*séǵʰesoHom
ablative	*séǵʰesos	*?	*séǵʰesmos, *séǵʰesbʰos
dative	*séǵʰesey	*?	*séǵʰesmos, *séǵʰesbʰos
locative	*séǵʰes, *séǵʰesi	*?	*séǵʰesu
instrumental	*séǵʰesh₁	*?	*séǵʰesmis, *séǵʰesbʰis

Derived terms

• *seǵʰes-Hon-
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *saȷ́ʰasHā
    • Proto-Iranian: *hajahHā
      • Younger Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬦𐬵𐬀 (hazańha, gen.pl.)

Descendants

• Proto-Celtic: *segos (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Germanic: *segaz (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sáȷ́ʰas (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sego-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 327
• Guus Kroonen (2013) “*segiz”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 430