Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Sahsō

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 *sahs (“dagger, knife”).

Noun

*Sahsō m^[1]

a Saxon

Inflection

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

Old English: *Seaxa (attested in plural Seaxan)
- Middle English: Saxe, Sax; Saxon (partially)
  - Scots: Saxon
  - English: Saxon
Old Saxon: Sahso
- Middle Low German: sasse
  - German Low German: Sasse
  - Dutch Low Saxon: Sakse
- → Estonian: saks
- → Finnish: Saksa, saksa
Old Dutch: *sasso
- Middle Dutch: sassen pl
Old High German: Sahso
- Middle High German: Sahse
  - German: Sachse
→ Old Norse: Saxi, Saxar (plural)
→ Latin: Saxō (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117: “*Sahsō”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117: “*Sahsō”

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