Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sagisnu

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

Etymology

From *sagi or *sagu (“saw”) +‎ *-snu (instrumental suffix).

Noun

*sagisnu f

1. scythe

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sagisnu
Genitive	*sagisnā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sagisnu	*sagisnō
Accusative	*sagisnā	*sagisnā
Genitive	*sagisnā	*sagisnō
Dative	*sagisnē	*sagisnōm, *sagisnum
Instrumental	*sagisnu	*sagisnōm, *sagisnum

Descendants

• Old Frisian:
  • West Frisian: seine
• Old Saxon: segisna
  • Middle Low German: seisene, seisen, sēgedese, seysne, sēsne, sēsene, sēssenē
    • German Low German: Seeß, Seiß
• Old Dutch: *segisna
  • Middle Dutch: seisene, seise
    • Dutch: zeis
• Old High German: segisna, (with metathesis) segansa
  • Middle High German: sëgense, seinse, sēnse
    • German: Sense
    • ⇒ Luxembourgish: Séissel