Where does “seax” come from?

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

seax (Old English): knife, dagger

Definitions

  1. knife, dagger

Ancestry of “seax”, step by step

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

Words derived from “seax”

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