Etymology

sedge

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Today it means: Any plant of the family Cyperaceae. Full definition →

Middle English segge ← Old English seċġ ← Proto-West Germanic *sagi
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sedge · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  2. Proto-Germanic*sagjaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*sagi
  4. Old Englishseċġ
  5. Middle Englishsegge
  6. English todaysedge

From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sak- (“marsh plant”). Cognate with Dutch zegge and German Segge, dialectal German Saher (“reeds”).

sedge · noun2

By contraction from sedge fly.

sedge · noun3

Variant spellings.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishsegge all →

seg

Old Englishseċġ all →

seg

Proto-West Germanic*sagi all →

seg

Proto-Germanic*sagjaz all →

seg

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