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

Definitions

  1. Saxon

Ancestry of “Saxa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSaxoA person from the Germanic tribal community of...
2Old SaxonSahsōSaxon
3Proto-West Germanicsahsdagger, knife
4Proto-Germanicsahsąa stone chip used for cutting; dagger, knife
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sahsą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sahs →