Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sagu

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 Proto-Germanic *sagō.

Noun

*sagu f

1. saw (tool)

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sagu
Genitive	*sagā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sagu	*sagō
Accusative	*sagā	*sagā
Genitive	*sagā	*sagō
Dative	*sagē	*sagōm, *sagum
Instrumental	*sagu	*sagōm, *sagum

Descendants

• Old English: sagu
  • Middle English: sawe
    • English: saw
    • Yola: zaawe
• Old Frisian: sage
  • Saterland Frisian: Soage
  • West Frisian: seage
• Old Saxon: saga
  • Middle Low German: sage
    • Low German: Saag
    • Plautdietsch: Soag
• Old Dutch: *saga
  • Middle Dutch: sāge
    • Dutch: zaag
      • Afrikaans: saag
• Old High German: saga
  • Middle High German: sage
    • German: Säge
    • Luxembourgish: See
    • Yiddish: זעג (zeg)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: жага, žaga
  • → Slovene: žaga