Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sēdiz

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 *sēaną +‎ *-þiz, corresponding to a Proto-Indo-European *seh₁tis, from *seh₁- (“to sow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛː.ðiz/

Noun

*sēdiz f

1. seed

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *sēdiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sēdiz	*sēdīz
vocative	*sēdi	*sēdīz
accusative	*sēdį	*sēdinz
genitive	*sēdīz	*sēdijǫ̂
dative	*sēdī	*sēdimaz
instrumental	*sēdī	*sēdimiz

Synonyms

• *sēmô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sādi
  • Old High German: sāt
    • Middle High German: sāt
      • German: Saat
• Proto-West Germanic: *sād
  • Old English: sǣd, sēd
    • Middle English: seed, ceed, ceede, sed, sede, sedde, seede, seide, seod, seth, seyd, seyde, side, syd, zed; sad, sæd, sæt
      • English: seed
      • Scots: seed, seid, sid
      • Yola: zeade
  • Old Frisian: sēd
    • Saterland Frisian: Säid
    • West Frisian: sied
  • Old Saxon: sād
    • Middle Low German: sât
      • German Low German: Saad
      • Plautdietsch: Sot
  • Old Dutch: *sād
    • Middle Dutch: sâet
      • Dutch: zaad
        • Afrikaans: saad
      • Limburgish: zaod
      • ⇒ Zealandic: zaedje
• Old Norse: sáð; sæði
  • Icelandic: sáð
  • Faroese: sáð
  • Norwegian: sæd
  • Old Swedish: sǣþ
    • Swedish: säd
  • Old Danish:
    • Danish: sæd
  • Gutnish: sid
• Gothic: *𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 (*sēþs) (in 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 (manasēþs))
• → Proto-Finnic: *hëëta (see there for further descendants)