Where does “scearseax” come from?

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

scearseax (Old English): razor

Definitions

  1. razor

Ancestry of “scearseax”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishscierseaxrazor
2Old Englishseaxknife, dagger
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 →