Where does “Harppi-Saksa” come from?
Harppi-Saksa (Finnish) comes from Finnish Saksa, from Old High German Sahso, from Proto-West Germanic sahsō, from Proto-Germanic sahsô.
Harppi-Saksa (Finnish): East Germany
Ancestry of “Harppi-Saksa”, step by step
Harppi-Saksa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Saksa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Saksa | Germany; German |
| 2 | Old High German | Sahso | a Saxon |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | sahsō | a Saxon |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sahsô | — |
via Finnish harppi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | harppi | pair of compasses, compass a device used to draw an arc or circle |
| 2 | Finnish | harpata | To stride, to leap; To warp in video gaming |
Words derived from “Harppi-Saksa”