segge
Middle English
/sɛdʒ/, /sɛdʒ/, /sɛɡ/
noun
Definitions
- A sedge a plant of the family Cyperaceae, especially the genus Carex
- The sliced stems of sedges.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English seċġ (man, sedge) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (retainer, warrior, follower, fighter, sedge).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*sagjaz
Gloss
retainer, warrior, follower, fighter, sedge
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- broomsedge English
- flatsedge English
- nutsedge English
- sedge English
- sedged English
- sedgeland English
- sedgy English
- seg English
- woolsedge English
- *sak- Proto-Indo-European
- *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *sokʷ(h)- Proto-Indo-European
- *sagjaz Proto-Germanic
- garsecg Old English
- secg Old English
- seċġ Old English
- seċġas Old English
- seg Middle English
- segges Middle English
- seggr Old Norse
- *sagi gmw-pro
- *seggi Old Dutch
- *seggi Old Saxon