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
- Old French: saisoigne, sesne
  - Anglo-Norman: sessoun
- → Old French: Saxon (semi-learned)
  - → Middle English: Saxoun
    - English: Saxon (partially)
- → Proto-Brythonic: *Sėɨs
  - Middle Breton: Saus
    - Breton: Saoz
  - Cumbric:
    - → English: Pennersax
  - Middle Cornish: *Seys
    - Cornish: Sows
  - Middle Welsh: Seis
    - Welsh: Sais
- → Middle Irish: Saxa
- → Old Irish: Saxain
  - Middle Irish: Saxain
    - Irish: Sacsain, Sasana
    - Manx: Sostyn
    - Scottish Gaelic: Sasainn

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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