Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sigiþiz

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

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Noun

*sigiþiz m

1. sickle

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *sigiþiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sigiþiz	*sigiþīz
vocative	*sigiþi	*sigiþīz
accusative	*sigiþį	*sigiþinz
genitive	*sigiþīz	*sigiþijǫ̂
dative	*sigiþī	*sigiþimaz
instrumental	*sigiþī	*sigiþimiz

Related terms

• *sigiþō/*sigiþǭ

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sigiþī, *sigþī (late)
  • Old English: sigþe, sigdi, sīþe m
    • Middle English: sithe, sythe
      • English: scythe
      • Scots: sithe, scythe
  • Old Frisian: *sichte, *sīthe
    • Saterland Frisian: Sied m
    • West Frisian: sichte
  • Old Saxon: *sigitha, *sigtha, *sihta
    • Middle Low German: sigde, sichte, segede, sicht f
      • German Low German: Sichte, Sicht
  • Old Dutch: *sigitha, *sigtha, *sihta
    • Middle Dutch: sichte f
      • Dutch: zicht
        • → West Frisian: zicht
• Old Norse: sigðr; sigðir (“sword”)
  • Icelandic: sigður
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sigd