Where does “sassenach” come from?
sassenach (Scots) comes from Scottish Gaelic Sasannach, from Middle Irish Saxanach, from Middle Irish Saxain, from Old Irish Saxain, from Latin Saxō, from French saxophone, from French -phone, from Ancient Greek φωνή.
sassenach (Scots): An English person; A Lowland Scot
Definitions
- An English person; A Lowland Scot
Ancestry of “sassenach”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | Sasannach | Englishman; English |
| 2 | Middle Irish | Saxanach | Saxon, English; Saxon, Englishman, Englishwoman |
| 3 | Middle Irish | Saxain | dative singular of Saxa; nominative plural of... |
| 4 | Old Irish | Saxain | Saxons, England; Saxons; England |
| 5 | Latin | Saxō | — |
| 6 | French | saxophone | saxophone; first-person singular present... |
| 7 | French | -phone | speaker of a specific language; something that... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | φωνή | sound; Usually of the human voice: voice, cry,... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | pʰōnā́ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰoh₂-néh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |