*saiwiz

Runic: ᛊᚨᛁᚹᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈsɑi̯.wiz/

noun · masculine · i-stem

Meanings

body of water: lake, sea, ocean

Etymology

An i-stem nominal derived from *sīhwaną (‘to percolate, filter’), from earlier *saigwiz, Pre-Germanic *soykʷís (‘to moisten, filter’).

Alternatively, an older theory by Orel postulates a derivation from from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-wo- (‘to be fierce, afflict’) (compare Latin saevus (‘wild, fierce’), Tocharian saiwe (‘itch’), Latvian sievs, sīvs (‘sharp, biting’)). Compare *sairaz (‘sore, painful’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.saiwizsaiwīz
Acc.saiwįsaiwinz
Gen.saiwīzsaiwijǫ̂
Dat.saiwīsaiwimaz
Inst.saiwīsaiwimiz
Voc.saiwisaiwīz

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Descendants

  • *saiwi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sēo (Old Dutch)
      • sêe (Middle Dutch)
        • Sië, zieë (Limburgish)
        • zji, zêe (West Flemish)
  • *saiwi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sēo (Old Dutch)
      • sêe (Middle Dutch)
        • zee (Dutch)
          • see (Afrikaans)
          • sei (Berbice Creole Dutch)
          • see (Javindo)
          • see (Negerhollands)
          • zé (Saramaccan)
          • se (Sranan Tongo)
  • *saiwi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sǣ (Old English)
      • see, ce, sæ, se, sea, sei, ze (Middle English)
        • sea (English)
        • se, see, sey, seye, sie (Scots)
        • zea, zee (Yola)
  • *saiwi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sē (Old Frisian)
      • ? (North Frisian)
      • See, Säi (Saterland Frisian)
      • see (West Frisian)
  • *saiwi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sēo (Old High German)
      • sē (Middle High German)
        • ? (Bavarian)
        • See (German)
        • Séi (Luxembourgish)
  • *saiwi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sēo, sēu (Old Saxon)
      • sê (Middle Low German)
        • See, Sei (German Low German)
        • See (Plautdietsch)
  • *ᛊᚨᛁᚹᛁᛉ (*saiwiʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • *sājvë (Proto-Samic)
  • *ᛊᚨᛁᚹᛁᛉ (*saiwiʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • sær, sjár, sjór (Old Norse)
      • sju (Elfdalian)
      • sjógvur (Faroese)
      • sjo (Gutnish)
      • sær, sjár, sjór (Icelandic)
      • sju (Norn)
      • sjø (Norwegian)
      • sjǿ (Scanian)
  • *ᛊᚨᛁᚹᛁᛉ (*saiwiʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • sær, sjár, sjór (Old Norse)
      • sǣ, siō (Old Danish)
        • sø (Danish)
  • *ᛊᚨᛁᚹᛁᛉ (*saiwiʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • sær, sjár, sjór (Old Norse)
      • siār, siōr (Old Swedish)
        • sjö (Swedish)
  • 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (saiws) (Gothic)

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