*sigiþō

Runic: ᛊᛁᚷᛁᚦᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈsi.ɣi.θɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

sickle

Etymology

Likely a nominal formation from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (‘to cut’), and related to *sagō (‘saw’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.sigiþōsigiþôz
Acc.sigiþǭsigiþōz
Gen.sigiþōzsigiþǫ̂
Dat.sigiþōisigiþōmaz
Inst.sigiþōsigiþōmiz
Voc.sigiþōsigiþôz

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Descendants

  • *sigiþā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *sigitha (Old Dutch)
      • sichte (Middle Dutch)
        • zichte, zicht (Dutch)
  • *sigiþā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *sigitha (Old Saxon)
      • segede, sigde, sichte, sicht (Middle Low German)
        • Sichte, Sicht (German Low German)
  • *sigiþǭ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *sigitha (Old Dutch)
      • sichte (Middle Dutch)
        • zichte, zicht (Dutch)
  • *sigiþǭ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *sigitha (Old Saxon)
      • segede, sigde, sichte, sicht (Middle Low German)
        • Sichte, Sicht (German Low German)
  • sigð (Old Norse)
    • sigð (Icelandic)
    • sigd (Norwegian)

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