Where does “sajen” come from?

sajen (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German seggen, from Old Saxon seggian, from Proto-West Germanic saggjan, from Proto-Germanic sagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷ-h₁-yé-, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

sajen (Plautdietsch): to say

Definitions

  1. to say

Ancestry of “sajen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanseggen—
2Old Saxonseggianto say
3Proto-West Germanicsaggjanto say
4Proto-Germanicsagjanąto say
5Proto-Indo-Europeansokʷ-h₁-yé-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

Words derived from “sajen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sokʷ-h₁-yé- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sagjaną →
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