saga
English
/ˈsɑːɡə/
noun
Definitions
- An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.
- Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse saga (story, epic tale) derived from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ (story, saying) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷe-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sekʷe-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- minisaga English
- sagaman English
- supersaga English
- Sage German
- saga Italian
- са́га Russian
- saga Spanish, Castilian
- *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *sekʷe- Proto-Indo-European
- saga Portuguese
- *sagō Proto-Germanic
- *sagōną Proto-Germanic
- *sagǭ Proto-Germanic
- saga Norwegian Nynorsk
- soge Norwegian Nynorsk
- sagu Old English
- saga Old Norse
- save Danish
- sága Czech
- saga Serbo-Croatian
- saga Catalan, Valencian
- atvikssaga Icelandic
- fjölmiðlasaga Icelandic
- jarðsaga Icelandic
- saga Icelandic
- sagnagerð Icelandic
- smásaga Icelandic
- sögumaður Icelandic
- söguríkur Icelandic
- sögusögn Icelandic
- ævisaga Icelandic
- saga Galician
- saga Old High German
- saga Turkish
- sàga Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- søga Faroese
- sage Middle High German
- See Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- So Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *sagu gmw-pro
- *sagā gmw-pro
- saga Old Saxon
- sága Slovak
- sagha Old Swedish
- sögu Westrobothnian
- saga Crimean Tatar