Where does “sax” come from?

sax (Middle English) comes from Old English seax, from Proto-West Germanic sahs, from Proto-Germanic sahsą, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

sax (Middle English): A knife

Definitions

  1. A knife

Ancestry of “sax”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishseaxknife, dagger
2Proto-West Germanicsahsdagger, knife
3Proto-Germanicsahsąa stone chip used for cutting; dagger, knife
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “sax”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sahsą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sahs →