Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sahsą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɑx.sɑ̃/

Noun

*sahsą n

a stone chip used for cutting
dagger, knife

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *sahsą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sahsą	*sahsō
vocative	*sahsą	*sahsō
accusative	*sahsą	*sahsō
genitive	sahsas, sahsis	*sahsǫ̂
dative	*sahsai	*sahsamaz
instrumental	*sahsō	*sahsamiz

Derived terms

*handusahsą
*skramasahsą

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sahs
- Old English: seax, syx, sex
  - Middle English: sax, sexe, sex, sæx, seax
    - English: sax; zax
    - Scots: saks; sax (verb) (through confluence with Norse form)
  - → English: seax (learned)
- Old Frisian: sax
  - North Frisian: sax
  - Saterland Frisian: Soaks
- Old Saxon: sahs
  - Middle Low German: sax, sachs, sass
- Old Dutch: *sas
  - Middle Dutch: sas
- Old High German: sahs
  - Middle High German: sahs
    - German: Sachs
Old Norse: sax
- Icelandic: sax
- Faroese: saksur
- Norwegian: saks
- Old Swedish: sax f
  - Swedish: sax (probably originally the plural form)
- Danish: saks (dial. saus)
- Scanian: sağs
- → Scots: sax, saks, saxie, saksi

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