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Where does “unsawed” come from?

unsawed (English) comes from English sawed, from English saw, from Middle English sawe, from Old English saga, from Proto-West Germanic sagā, from Proto-Germanic sagǭ, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷe-, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

unsawed (English): Not sawed

Definitions

  1. Not sawed

Ancestry of “unsawed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsawedsimple past tense and past participle of saw;...
2EnglishsawA tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard...
3Middle EnglishsaweAlternative form of sauf
4Old Englishsagasaw; saying; statement; story, tale; narrative
5Proto-West Germanicsagāstory
6Proto-Germanicsagǭstory
7Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷe-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say
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