Old English · noun

saga

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: weak
IPA: /ˈsɑ.ɡɑ/
[ˈsɑ.ɣɑ]
Syllables: ˈsɑ · ɡɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English: saw saying statement narrative tale

saga1 · noun · masculine

Senses

saying; statement
story, tale; narrative

Declension · weak

Declension of saga
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	saga	sagan
Accusative	sagan	sagan
Genitive	sagan	sagena
Dative	sagan	sagum

saga2 · noun · masculine

Senses

saw (tool)

saga3 · verb · inflected form

Senses

imperative of sagian
Inflected form of sagian

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Germanic *sagǭ Proto-West Germanic *sagā Old English saga From Proto-West Germanic *sagā, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, *sagǭ (“saying, story”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷe-, *skʷē- (“to tell, talk”). More at saw.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sok-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *sagō Proto-West Germanic *sagu Old English saga From Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagô (“saw, scythe”), *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek-, *sēik- (“to cut”). Cognate with Old Frisian sage (West Frisian seage), Old Saxon saga, Middle Dutch sage, saghe (Dutch zaag), Old High German [Term?] (“saga”) (German Säge), Old Norse sǫg (Icelandic sög, Danish sav, Swedish såg).

Descendants

saw

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