Sige Definition

Contents

• 1 Danish
  • 1.1 Verb
• 2 Old English
  • 2.1 Etymology
  • 2.2 Pronunciation
  • 2.3 Alternative forms
  • 2.4 Noun
    • 2.4.1 Declension
    • 2.4.2 Derived terms
    • 2.4.3 Descendants
  • 2.5 References

Danish

Verb

sige (imperative sig, infinitive at sige, present tense siger, past tense sagde, past participle har sagt)

1. say
2. tell
3. mean

Old English

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *sigiz (“victory”) from Proto-Indo-European *seghe-, *sghē- (“to hold”). Akin to Old Frisian si "victory", Old Saxon sigi (Dutch zege), Old High German sigi, sigu (German Sieg), Old Norse sigr (Danish sejr, old spelling before the writing reform of 1948 Seier, Swedish seger), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍃 (sigis), Sanskrit सहस् (sáhas) - power, victory, Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬵 (hazanh, “power, victory”)^[1].

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsije/

Alternative forms

• sigor

Noun

siġe m.

1. victory, success

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Middle English: siȝe

References

1. ^ Etymology of sigu(OHG)

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