sagte
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See also: sägte
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle Low German sāfte, sāchte, from Old Saxon *sāfti, from Proto-West Germanic *samftī (compare Proto-Germanic *sōmiz (“agreeable, fitting”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu-, possibly from *sem- (“one, whole”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
sagte
- soft, gentle
Adverb
sagte
- softly, gently
References
- Guus Kroonen (2013) “samÞu-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 426
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
sagte
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