Where does “Saxa” come from?
Saxa (Middle Irish) comes from Latin Saxo, from Old Saxon Sahsō, from Proto-West Germanic sahs, from Proto-Germanic sahsą, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
Saxa (Middle Irish): Saxon
Ancestry of “Saxa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | Saxo | A person from the Germanic tribal community of... |
| 2 | Old Saxon | Sahsō | Saxon |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | sahs | dagger, knife |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sahsą | a stone chip used for cutting; dagger, knife |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |