Where does “alasaksi” come from?
alasaksi (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.
alasaksi (Finnish): Low Saxon
Ancestry of “alasaksi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | saksi | claw of a crab; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | German | Sachse | Saxon a person from Saxony; Saxon a member of the... |
| 3 | Middle High German | Sahse | — |
| 4 | Old High German | Sahso | a Saxon |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sahsō | a Saxon |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sahsô | — |