English
sedge
Sedge comes from Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut, cut off, sever’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-‘to cut, cut off, sever’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sagjazreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sagireconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150seċġ
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500segge
- Englishearliest quotation 1907sedge
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-‘to cut, cut off, sever’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sagjazreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sagireconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150seċġ
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500segge
- Englishearliest quotation 1907sedge
Earliest quotation: 1907, Robert William Chambers, New York: “But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut, cut off, sever’
saw, design, sign, risk, ship, sex, section, sexual, segment, seal, sack, scarlet, sawyer, insect, sax, sickle, het, shingle, scythe, sich, dissect, sigil, brassica, desiccation, sain, desiccant, 62 more
through Middle English segge
Today it means
noun Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sek- / sedge