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Where does “Saxones” come from?
Saxones (Late Latin) comes from Proto-West Germanic sahsō, from Proto-Germanic sahsô.
Ancestry of “Saxones”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-West Germanic
sahsō
a Saxon
2
Proto-Germanic
sahsô
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Words derived from “Saxones”
Saxon
Saxon
saxon
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