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PIE. *seg-e/o- v. 'to adhere, fasten'

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Lat. seges, segetis f. 'field of corn, arable land' < PItal. *seg-et- 'seed' > 'sown land' < PIE. *seg-e/o- v. 'to adhere, fasten' (MDV). Etym. dub. MDV, following WH, connects this word to several proposed cognates, but they are a little distant in form or meaning or both. MW hëu, 1s. heaf v. 'to sow, throw on, strew' < PCl. *seg-(y)e/o-; Skt. pr. sajāmi, pf. sasañja v. 'to adhere, hang on', āsaktí- [f.] 'pursuit, devotion, adhering', niṣaṅgín- 'carrying a quiver', Old Persian frāha(n)jam [1s.ipf.act.] v. 'to hang out', Lith. sègti, 3s. sẽga v. 'to fasten, pin', OCS prisęšti v. 'to touch', Sln. sę́či 'hold out one's hand, try to keep up with' < BSl. *seng-, Ru. posjagát' v. 'to encroach, infringe', OCz. sahati v. 'to touch, reach for' < PSl. *sęgati./Schumacher 2004: 563 justifies the semantic shift from v. 'to adhere' to Celtic v. 'to sow' via the steps v. 'to imprint' > 'put in' > 'sow'. The tutelary goddess of corn at the time of sowing Sēia (Pliny) could be derived from *Seg-ja.
Michiel de Vaan. "seges" in: Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages. Indo-European Etymological Dictionaries Online. Edited by Alexander Lubotsky. Brill, 2014. Brill Online. September 2, 2014. < http://iedo.brillonline.nl.ludwig.lub.lu.se/dictionaries/lemma.html?id=14130 >

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