Where does “halkosaha” come from?

halkosaha (Finnish) comes from Finnish saha, from Old Swedish sagh, from Old Norse sǫg, from Proto-Germanic sagō, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

halkosaha (Finnish): a bow saw for cutting firewood

Definitions

  1. a bow saw for cutting firewood

Ancestry of “halkosaha”, step by step

halkosaha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish saha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsahasaw; sawmill; musical saw
2Old Swedishsaghsaw
3Old Norsesǫgsaw
4Proto-Germanicsagōsaw
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Finnish halko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhalkopiece of firewood cut to about one meter in...
2Proto-Finnichalkopiece of firewood, billet
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sagō →Every word from Old Norse sǫg →