Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sauþaz

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 *h₂sewt- (“to roil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑu̯.θɑz/

Noun

*sauþaz m

1. boiling; seething
2. wellspring; fountain; source

   Synonyms: *brunnô, *kaldijǭ

3. well

   Synonyms: *kaldijǭ, *wallijǭ

4. pit

   Synonyms: *dankō, *grōbō

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *sauþaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sauþaz	*sauþōz, *sauþōs
vocative	*sauþ	*sauþōz, *sauþōs
accusative	*sauþą	*sauþanz
genitive	*sauþas, *sauþis	*sauþǫ̂
dative	*sauþai	*sauþamaz
instrumental	*sauþō	*sauþamiz

Related terms

• *sauþiz
• *saudô
• *seuþaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sauþ
  • Old English: sēaþ
    • Middle English: seath, sæth, seth
      • English: seath, seth
  • Old Frisian: sāth
    • Saterland Frisian: Sood
    • West Frisian: saad
  • Old Saxon: *sōth
    • Middle Low German: sôt
      • German Low German: Sood
  • Old High German: *soud, *sōd
    • Middle High German: sōt
      • Alemannic German: Sood
• Proto-Norse: *ᛊᚨᚢᛞᛉ (*saudʀ /⁠*sauðʀ⁠/)
  • Old Norse: sauðr, seyðr (< *sauþiz)
    • Icelandic: sauður
    • Faroese: seyður
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: sau, saud; (dialectal) saud’e
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: sau
    • Jamtish: souð
    • Elfdalian: suð
    • Old Swedish: sø̄þer
      • Swedish: söd, sö (dialectal)
    • Old Gutnish: sauþr, soyþr
    • → Greenlandic: sava
  • → Proto-Samic: *sāvcë (see there for further descendants)
• Old Gutnish: sauþr, soyþr
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (sauþs) (< *sauþiz)
• → Proto-Finnic: *hauta (see there for further descendants)