Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/salbejā

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

Borrowed from Late Latin salvegia, from Latin salvia.

Noun

*salbejā f

1. sage

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*salbejā
Genitive	*salbejōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*salbejā	*salbejōn
Accusative	*salbejōn	*salbejōn
Genitive	*salbejōn	*salbejōnō
Dative	*salbejōn	*salbejōm, *salbejum
Instrumental	*salbejōn	*salbejōm, *salbejum

Descendants

• Old English: salfie, salfige
  • Middle English: salvie
• Old Saxon: selvia
  • Middle Low German: salvîe, salvye, salvîge, salveige, salveie, salvei
    • German Low German: Selwe, Salwegge
• Old Dutch: *salviga
  • Middle Dutch: saelge, saelgie, saelie, salie, selve
    • Dutch: salie
• Old High German: salbeia, salveia, salveghe f, salbei m
  • Middle High German: salbeie, salveie
    • German: Salbei