Where does “saksi” come from?

saksi (Finnish) comes from German Sachse, from Middle High German Sahse, from Old High German Sahso, from Proto-West Germanic sahsō, from Proto-Germanic sahsô.

saksi (Finnish): claw of a crab; Third-person singular indicative...

Definitions

  1. claw of a crab; Third-person singular indicative...

Ancestry of “saksi”, step by step

saksi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Sachse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSachseSaxon a person from Saxony; Saxon a member of the...
2Middle High GermanSahse—
3Old High GermanSahsoa Saxon
4Proto-West Germanicsahsōa Saxon
5Proto-Germanicsahsô—

via Finnish sakset

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaksetscissors; shears; scissors; pincers, claws
2Swedishsaxa pair of scissors; shears; "short of" saxofon; a...
3Swedishsaxofonsaxophone

Words derived from “saksi”

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