Where does “saha” come from?

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

saha (Finnish): saw; sawmill; musical saw

Definitions

  1. saw; sawmill; musical saw

Ancestry of “saha”, step by step

saha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Swedish sagh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishsaghsaw
2Old Norsesǫgsaw
3Proto-Germanicsagōsaw
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Russian саха́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianсаха́—
2YakutсахаSakha, Yakuts
3Proto-Turkicjakacollar; edge; edge; collar; collar

Words derived from “saha”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →