Where does “sawe” come from?

sawe (Middle English) comes from Old English 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.

sawe (Middle English): Alternative form of sauf

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of sauf

Ancestry of “sawe”, step by step

sawe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English saga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsagasaw; saying; statement; story, tale; narrative
2Proto-West Germanicsagāstory
3Proto-Germanicsagǭstory
4Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷe-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

via Old English sagu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsagustatement, discourse, report
2Proto-Germanic*sagu—
3Proto-Germanicsagōsaw
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “sawe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷe- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sagǭ →