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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sauzaz

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂sows- (dry). Cognate with Lithuanian sausas (dry), Russian сухо́й (suxój, dry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑu̯.zɑz/

Adjective

*sauzaz

  1. dry, parched

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sauʀ(ī)
    • Old English: sēar, sīere
    • Old Saxon: *sōr
      • Middle Low German: sôr
    • Old Dutch: *sōr
    • Old High German: *sōr
    • Medieval Latin: saurus, sōrius
    • ? Old Galician-Portuguese: souriço (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Norse: *saurr
    • >? Swedish: skör (with unexplained -k-; possibly an unrelated borrowing from Low German)
    • Old Norse: *sauri m; seyra f
      • Icelandic: seyra f
      • Norwegian: søyr m
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