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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/saiwiz

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

Derived from *sīhwaną (“to percolate, filter”), from earlier *saigwiz, Pre-Germanic *soykʷís.[1]

Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-wo- (“to be fierce, afflict”) (compare Latin saevus (“wild, fierce”), Tocharian saiwe (“itch”), Latvian sievs, sīvs (“sharp, biting”)).[2] Compare *sairaz (“sore, painful”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑi̯.wiz/

Noun

*saiwiz m

  1. body of water: lake, sea, ocean

Inflection
i-stemDeclension of *saiwiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *saiwiz *saiwīz
vocative *saiwi *saiwīz
accusative *saiwį *saiwinz
genitive *saiwīz *saiwijǫ̂
dative *saiwī *saiwimaz
instrumental *saiwī *saiwimiz

Synonyms

Descendants

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. Vladimir Orel, A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, s.v. "saiwiz" (Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2003), 314.
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