Where does “sawed” come from?
Sawed comes from Old English sawed, formed from Old English saw with the past tense suffix -od, ultimately descended from Proto-Indo-European -tós.
sawed (English): simple past tense and past participle of saw;...
Definitions
- simple past tense and past participle of saw;...
Ancestry of “sawed”, step by step
sawed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English saw
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | saw | A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard... |
| 2 | Middle English | sawe | Alternative form of sauf |
| 3 | Old English | saga | saw; saying; statement; story, tale; narrative |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | sagā | story |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sagǭ | story |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷe- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
via Javanese ꦱꦮꦼꦢ꧀
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javanese | ꦱꦮꦼꦢ꧀ | — |