Where does “saja” come from?
saja (Hausa) comes from English sarge, from English sergeant, from Russian сержант, from Polish sierżant, from French sergent, from Middle French sergent, from Old French serjant, from Medieval Latin serviens — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
saja (Hausa): sergeant
Ancestry of “saja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sarge | sergeant; to go out and engage women in order to... |
| 2 | English | sergeant | UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to... |
| 3 | Russian | сержант | sergeant |
| 4 | Polish | sierżant | sergeant |
| 5 | French | sergent | sergeant |
| 6 | Middle French | sergent | — |
| 7 | Old French | serjant | a military rank, roughly equivalent to sergeant |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | serviens | a servant, vassal, soldier, apparitor; serving;... |
| 9 | Latin | serviēns | — |
| 10 | Latin | serviō | — |
| 11 | Latin | servus | a servant; a serf; a slave |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | serwos | guardian |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ser-wo-s | guardian |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |