Where does “sawgh” come from?

sawgh (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.

Ancestry of “sawgh”, step by step

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