Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sahsō
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *sahs (“dagger, knife”).
Noun[edit]
*sahsō m[1]
- a Saxon
Inflection[edit]
| 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[edit]
- Old English: *Seaxa (attested in plural Seaxan)
- Old Saxon: Sahso
- Old Dutch: *sasso
- Middle Dutch: sassen pl
- Old High German: Sahso
- → Old Norse: Saxi, Saxar (plural)
- → Latin: Saxō
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117: “*Sahsō”