Where does “Motorsäge” come from?

Motorsäge (German) comes from German Säge, from Middle High German sage, from Old High German saga, from Proto-West Germanic sagā, from Proto-Germanic sagǭ, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷe-, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

Motorsäge (German): chainsaw

Definitions

  1. chainsaw

Ancestry of “Motorsäge”, step by step

Motorsäge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Säge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSägesaw
2Middle High Germansage—
3Old High Germansagastory
4Proto-West Germanicsagāstory
5Proto-Germanicsagǭstory
6Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷe-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

via German motor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmotorengine mechanical device
2Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷe- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sagǭ →
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