Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sahs

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 Proto-Germanic *sahsą.

Noun

*sahs n

1. dagger, knife

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sahs
Genitive	*sahsas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sahs	*sahsu
Accusative	*sahs	*sahsu
Genitive	*sahsas	*sahsō
Dative	*sahsē	*sahsum
Instrumental	*sahsu	*sahsum

Derived terms

• *handusahs
• *matisahs

Descendants

• 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