Where does “anglosaksi” come from?

anglosaksi (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.

anglosaksi (Finnish): An Anglo-Saxon person

Definitions

  1. An Anglo-Saxon person

Ancestry of “anglosaksi”, 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—

Words derived from “anglosaksi”

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