Where does “Westseaxa” come from?

Westseaxa (Old English) comes from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic westrą, from Proto-Germanic westraz, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.

Westseaxa (Old English): a West Saxon (someone from Wessex)

Definitions

  1. a West Saxon (someone from Wessex)

Ancestry of “Westseaxa”, step by step

Westseaxa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English west

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwestwest
2Proto-West Germanic*westrwestern, westernly
3Proto-Germanicwestrąwest; west, westward
4Proto-Germanicwestrazwest, western
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—

via Old English Seaxa

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European we- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros →Every word from Proto-Germanic westraz →