Where does “kamasaksa” come from?

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

kamasaksa (Finnish): a (wandering) German trader or merchant

Definitions

  1. a (wandering) German trader or merchant

Ancestry of “kamasaksa”, step by step

kamasaksa 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 kama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkamastuff; product
Every word from Proto-Germanic sahsô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sahsō →Every word from Old High German Sahso →