Where does “muinaissaksi” come from?

muinaissaksi (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.

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

Definitions

  1. Old Saxon, Old Low German language

Ancestry of “muinaissaksi”, step by step

muinaissaksi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish saksi

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—

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