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

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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
• *matisahsą
• *skramasahsą

Descendants

• Old English: seax, *siex, syx, sex
  • Middle English: sax, sex
    • English: sax, zax
    • Scots: saks, sax (verb) (through confluence with Norse form)
  • → English: seax (direct borrowing from Old English)
• 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