Words that come from Proto-Germanic “sagjaną”

152 words across 36 languages descend from Proto-Germanic sagjaną — including say, saying, saith, sie, sayest, besiege, sayeth, unsay.

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English (36)

German (26)

Old English (9)

Middle English (9)

Dutch (6)

West Frisian (6)

Norwegian Bokmål (6)

Swedish (5)

Danish (5)

Esperanto (4)

Icelandic (3)

Faroese (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Yiddish (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Ido (2)

Old High German (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Bavarian (2)

Old Danish (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Low German (1)

French (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Jamtish (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Scanian (1)

Sathmar Swabian (1)

Old Norse (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Middle High German (1)

Middle Low German (1)