Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sagōną

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 *sagō (“a saw”) +‎ *-ōną.

Verb

*sagōną

1. to saw, cut

Inflection

Conjugation of *sagōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sagō	*sagǭ	—	*sagōi	?
2nd singular	*sagōsi	*sagōs	*sagō	*sagōsai	*sagōsau
3rd singular	*sagōþi	*sagō	*sagōþau	*sagōþai	*sagōþau
1st dual	*sagōs	*sagōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*sagōþiz	*sagōþiz	*sagōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*sagōmaz	*sagōm	—	*sagōnþai	*sagōnþau
2nd plural	*sagōþ	*sagōþ	*sagōþ	*sagōnþai	*sagōnþau
3rd plural	*sagōnþi	*sagōn	*sagōnþau	*sagōnþai	*sagōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sagōdǭ	*sagōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*sagōdēz	*sagōdēdīz
3rd singular	*sagōdē	*sagōdēdī
1st dual	*sagōdēdū	*sagōdēdīw
2nd dual	*sagōdēdudiz	*sagōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*sagōdēdum	*sagōdēdīm
2nd plural	*sagōdēdud	*sagōdēdīd
3rd plural	*sagōdēdun	*sagōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*sagōndz	*sagōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sagōn
  • Old English: *sagian
    • Middle English: sagen, sawen
      • English: saw
      • Scots: saw
  • Old Frisian: sagia (implied by holtsagia)
    • Saterland Frisian: soagje
    • West Frisian: saagje, seagje, seegje
  • Old Saxon: *sagōn
    • Middle Low German: sāgen
      • German Low German: sagen
  • Old Dutch: *sagon
    • Middle Dutch: sāgen
      • Dutch: zagen
  • Old High German: sagōn
    • Middle High German: sagen
      • German: sägen (likely merged with the descendant of *segōn)
• Old Norse: saga
  • Icelandic: saga
  • Norwegian:

    Norwegian Bokmål: sage

    Norwegian Nynorsk: sage, saga

  • Swedish: saga
  • Danish: save