Where does “Itä-Saksa” come from?

Itä-Saksa (Finnish) comes from Finnish Saksa, from Old High German Sahso, from Proto-West Germanic sahsō, from Proto-Germanic sahsô.

Ancestry of “Itä-Saksa”, step by step

Itä-Saksa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Saksa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSaksaGermany; German
2Old High GermanSahsoa Saxon
3Proto-West Germanicsahsōa Saxon
4Proto-Germanicsahsô—

via Finnish itä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitäeast; east, eastern; East, the Orient
2Proto-Finnicitäeast
3Proto-Uralicitä-to appear

Words derived from “Itä-Saksa”

Every word from Proto-Germanic sahsô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sahsō →Every word from Old High German Sahso →
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