*sahsą

Runic: ᛊᚨᚺᛊᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈsɑx.sɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

  1. a stone chip used for cutting
  2. dagger, knife

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sek- (‘to cut’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.sahsąsahsō
Acc.sahsąsahsō
Gen.sahsas, sahsissahsǫ̂
Dat.sahsaisahsamaz
Inst.sahsōsahsamiz
Voc.sahsąsahsō

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Descendants

  • *sahs (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sas (Old Dutch)
      • sas (Middle Dutch)
        • zas (Dutch)
  • *sahs (Proto-West Germanic)
    • seax, sex, syx (Old English)
      • seax (English)
  • *sahs (Proto-West Germanic)
    • seax, sex, syx (Old English)
      • sax, sexe, sex, sæx, seax (Middle English)
        • sax, zax (English)
        • saks, sax (Scots)
  • *sahs (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sax (Old Frisian)
      • sax (North Frisian)
      • Soaks (Saterland Frisian)
  • *sahs (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sahs (Old High German)
      • sahs (Middle High German)
        • Sachs (German)
  • *sahs (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sahs (Old Saxon)
      • sax, sachs, sass (Middle Low German)
        • Sass, Sachs, Sax (Low German)
  • sax (Old Norse)
    • saks, saus (Danish)
    • saksur (Faroese)
    • sax (Icelandic)
    • saks (Norwegian)
    • sağs (Scanian)
    • sax, saks, saxie, saksi (Scots)
  • sax (Old Norse)
    • sax (Old Swedish)
      • sax (Swedish)
        • sakset, saksi (Finnish)

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