Where does “sussexite” come from?

sussexite (English) comes from English Sussex, from Old English Seaxe, from Old English Seaxa, from Proto-West Germanic sahs, from Proto-Germanic sahsą, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

sussexite (English): A monoclinic manganese borate mineral with the...

Definitions

  1. A monoclinic manganese borate mineral with the...

Ancestry of “sussexite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSussexA placename
2Old EnglishSeaxeSaxons
3Old EnglishSeaxaa Saxon; Saxon
4Proto-West Germanicsahsdagger, knife
5Proto-Germanicsahsąa stone chip used for cutting; dagger, knife
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sahsą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sahs →