saga
Icelandic
/ˈsaːɣa/
noun
Definitions
- a story
- a history
- a saga
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse saga (story, epic tale) derived from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ (story, saying).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*sagǭ
Gloss
story, saying
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- minisaga English
- saga English
- sagaman English
- supersaga English
- saaga Finnish
- saga Italian
- са́га Russian
- saga Spanish, Castilian
- *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *sekʷe- Proto-Indo-European
- saga Portuguese
- *sagōną Proto-Germanic
- *sagǭ Proto-Germanic
- domsaga Swedish
- folksaga Swedish
- framgångssaga Swedish
- saga Swedish
- sagolik Swedish
- såg Swedish
- såga Swedish
- utsaga Swedish
- saga Norwegian Nynorsk
- soge Norwegian Nynorsk
- sagu Old English
- saga Old Norse
- save Danish
- sága Czech
- saga Serbo-Croatian
- saga Catalan, Valencian
- atvik Icelandic
- atvikssaga Icelandic
- fjölmiðill Icelandic
- fjölmiðlasaga Icelandic
- gerð Icelandic
- jarðsaga Icelandic
- jörð Icelandic
- maður Icelandic
- ríkur Icelandic
- sagnagerð Icelandic
- smásaga Icelandic
- sögn Icelandic
- sögumaður Icelandic
- söguríkur Icelandic
- sögusögn Icelandic
- ævi Icelandic
- ævisaga Icelandic
- saga Galician
- saga Old High German
- saga Turkish
- sàga Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- søga Faroese
- *sagā gmw-pro
- saga Old Saxon
- sága Slovak
- sagha Old Swedish
- sögu Westrobothnian
- saga Crimean Tatar