*sanþaz

Runic: ᛊᚨᚾᚦᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈsɑn.θɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

true, truthful, correct

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁s-ónt-s (‘being, existing’), the present participle of *h₁es- (‘to be’) (from which the present forms of *wesaną). Particularly close cognates semantically include Hittite [script needed] (kaka-) (ašant-, ‘true, real’), Sanskrit सन्त् (sánt) (sánt, ‘being, real, good’), Latin sōns (‘guilty’). Compare also *sundī (‘guilt, misdeed’), an abstract noun derived from *h₁sóntih₂, genitive *h₁sn̥tyéh₂s, the feminine form of the participle.

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	sanþaz	sanþō	sanþą, -atō	sanþai	sanþôz	sanþō
Acc.	sanþanǭ	sanþǭ	sanþą, -atō	sanþanz	sanþōz	sanþō
Gen.	sanþas, -is	sanþaizōz	sanþas, -is	sanþaizǫ̂	sanþaizǫ̂	sanþaizǫ̂
Dat.	sanþammai	sanþaizōi	sanþammai	sanþaimaz	sanþaimaz	sanþaimaz
Inst.	sanþanō	sanþaizō	sanþanō	sanþaimiz	sanþaimiz	sanþaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	sanþô	sanþǭ	sanþô	sanþaniz	sanþōniz	sanþōnō
Acc.	sanþanų	sanþōnų	sanþô	sanþanunz	sanþōnunz	sanþōnō
Gen.	sanþiniz	sanþōniz	sanþiniz	sanþanǫ̂	sanþōnǫ̂	sanþanǫ̂
Dat.	sanþini	sanþōni	sanþini	sanþammaz	sanþōmaz	sanþammaz
Inst.	sanþinē	sanþōnē	sanþinē	sanþammiz	sanþōmiz	sanþammiz

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Descendants

*sanþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- sōth (Old Frisian)
- sōth (Old Saxon)
*sanþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- sōþ (Old English)
  - soth (Middle English)
    - sooth (English)
    - suthe, suith (Scots)
sannr (Old Norse)
saðr (Old Norse)
? (Old Norse)
- sand (Danish)
- sannur (Faroese)
- sannur, saður (Icelandic)
- sann (Norwegian Bokmål)
- sann m (dialectal) sonn f, satt n (Norwegian Nynorsk)
? (Old Norse)
- sander (Old Swedish)
  - sann (Swedish)

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