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

1. a stone chip used for cutting
2. 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, sex — West Saxon; 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)
      • → Finnish: sakset pl, saksi sg
  • Danish: saks (dial. saus)
  • Scanian: sağs
  • → Scots: sax, saks, saxie, saksi