Where does “Seaxe” come from?

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

Seaxe (Old English): Saxons

Definitions

  1. Saxons

Ancestry of “Seaxe”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Seaxe”

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