Where does “muinaisalasaksa” come from?

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

muinaisalasaksa (Finnish): Old Saxon, Old Low German language

Definitions

  1. Old Saxon, Old Low German language

Ancestry of “muinaisalasaksa”, step by step

muinaisalasaksa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alasaksa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishalasaksaLow German, Low Saxon
2FinnishSaksaGermany; German
3Old High GermanSahsoa Saxon
4Proto-West Germanicsahsōa Saxon
5Proto-Germanicsahsô—

via Finnish muinainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuinainenancient
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
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