sedge

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
3. (countable, uncountable) Any of various other plants resembling true sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.

Concepts

laîche

carex

cypéracées

marais

roseau

ried

Synonymes

reed

carex

rush

moss

cane

bulrush

seaweed

Carex

drinking straw

Traductions

Carex

zegge

Segge

carrizo

Riedgras

cárice

jisca

sala

carex

Seggen

carice

Schilfgras

σπαθόχορτο

σπάρτο

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sɛd͡ʒ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: segge

Hérité de ancien anglais: seċġ

Appartenant à néerlandais: zegge

Appartenant à allemand: Segge

Appartenant à allemand: Saher

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *sagjaz
Proto-West Germanic *sagi
Old English seċġ
Middle English segge
English sedge
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”).