Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/segaz

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *seguz, *segiz, *sigiz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *séǵʰos (“the overpowering”), from root *seǵʰ- (“to hold, overpower”). Cognate with Sanskrit सहस् (sáhas, “force, power, victory”), as well as Ancient Greek ἔχω (ékhō, “I have, I own”). The alternate forms are a result of syncopation and subsequent re-analysis of the z-declension.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.ɣɑz/

Noun

*segaz n

1. victory, triumph

Inflection

Declension of *segaz (z-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*segaz	*sigizō
vocative	*segaz	*sigizō
accusative	*segaz	*sigizō
genitive	*sigiziz	*sigizǫ̂
dative	*sigizi	*sigizumaz
instrumental	*sigizē	*sigizumiz

Derived terms

• *sigizōną
• *Sigifriþuz
• *Sigimēraz
• *Sigimunduz
• *Sigiwarduz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sigʀ, *sigu, *sigi
  • Old English: sigor, siġe
    • Middle English: siȝe, sige
  • Old Frisian: sige, sī
    • Saterland Frisian: Siech
    • West Frisian: sege
  • Old Saxon: sigi
    • Middle Low German: sēge
      • German Low German: Sieg
  • Old Dutch: sigi (in compounds)
    • Middle Dutch: sēge
      • Dutch: zege
  • Old High German: sigi, sigu
    • Middle High German: sige
      • German: Sieg
      • Hunsrik: Siegh
• Old Norse: sigr m
  • Icelandic: sigur
  • Faroese: sigur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: siger
  • Old Swedish: sigher
    • Swedish: seger
  • Old Danish: sighær
    • Danish: sejr
      • Norwegian Bokmål: seier
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍃 (sigis)
• Vandalic: *sigis