Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sahsō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *sahs (“dagger, knife”).

Noun

*sahsō m

1. a Saxon

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sahsō
Genitive	*sahsini, *sahsan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sahsō	*sahsan
Accusative	*sahsan	*sahsan
Genitive	*sahsini, *sahsan	*sahsanō
Dative	*sahsini, *sahsan	*sahsum
Instrumental	*sahsini, *sahsan	*sahsum

Descendants

• Old English: *Seaxa (attested in plural Seaxan)
  • Middle English: Saxe, Sax; Saxon (partially)
    • Scots: Saxon
    • English: Saxon
• Old Saxon: Sahso
  • Middle Low German: sasse
    • German Low German: Sasse
    • Dutch Low Saxon: Sakse
  • → Estonian: saks
  • → Finnish: Saksa, saksa
• Old Dutch: *sasso
  • Middle Dutch: sassen pl
• Old High German: Sahso
  • Middle High German: Sahse
    • German: Sachse
• → Old Norse: Saxi, Saxar (plural)
• → Latin: Saxō
  • Old French: saisoigne, sesne
    • Anglo-Norman: sessoun
  • → Old French: Saxon (semi-learned)
    • → Middle English: Saxoun
      • English: Saxon (partially)
  • → Proto-Brythonic: *Sėɨs
    • Middle Breton: Saus
      • Breton: Saoz
    • Cumbric:
      • → English: Pennersax
    • Middle Cornish: *Seys
      • Cornish: Sows
    • Middle Welsh: Seis
      • Welsh: Sais
  • → Middle Irish: Saxa
  • → Old Irish: Saxain
    • Middle Irish: Saxain
      • Irish: Sacsain, Sasana
      • Manx: Sostyn
      • Scottish Gaelic: Sasainn