Where does “gammelsaksisk” come from?

gammelsaksisk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål gammel, from Danish gammel, from Old Norse gamall, from Proto-Germanic gamalaz — old, weak.

gammelsaksisk (Norwegian Bokmål): Old Saxon language

Definitions

  1. Old Saxon language

Ancestry of “gammelsaksisk”, step by step

gammelsaksisk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål gammel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålgammelold
2Danishgammelold
3Old Norsegamallold; old, aged; of a certain age
4Proto-Germanicgamalazold, weak

via Norwegian Bokmål saksisk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian BokmålsaksiskSaxon
Every word from Proto-Germanic gamalaz →Every word from Old Norse gamall →Every word from Danish gammel →