Where does “sá” come from?

sá (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.

sá (Old Norse): this, that; to sow; saw, "first or third-person...

Definitions

  1. this, that; to sow; saw, "first or third-person...

Ancestry of “sá”, step by step

sá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic *sa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*sa—
2Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
3Proto-Oceanic*isa—

via Proto-Germanic sēaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsēanąto sow, to disperse
2Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

Words derived from “sá”

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Germanic *sa →