Where does “Ala-Saksi” come from?

Ala-Saksi (Finnish) comes from Finnish saksi, from German Sachse, from Middle High German Sahse, from Old High German Sahso, from Proto-West Germanic sahsō, from Proto-Germanic sahsô.

Ala-Saksi (Finnish): Lower Saxony

Definitions

  1. Lower Saxony

Ancestry of “Ala-Saksi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaksiclaw of a crab; Third-person singular indicative...
2GermanSachseSaxon a person from Saxony; Saxon a member of the...
3Middle High GermanSahse—
4Old High GermanSahsoa Saxon
5Proto-West Germanicsahsōa Saxon
6Proto-Germanicsahsô—
Every word from Proto-Germanic sahsô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sahsō →Every word from Old High German Sahso →