Where does “Anglo-Sahon” come from?

Anglo-Sahon (Tagalog) comes from Spanish anglosajón, from Spanish sajón, from Latin Saxonem, from Proto-West Germanic sahs, from Proto-Germanic sahsą, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

Anglo-Sahon (Tagalog): Anglo-Saxon; Old English

Definitions

  1. Anglo-Saxon; Old English

Ancestry of “Anglo-Sahon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishanglosajónAnglo-Saxon
2SpanishsajónSaxon
3LatinSaxonem—
4Proto-West Germanicsahsdagger, knife
5Proto-Germanicsahsąa stone chip used for cutting; dagger, knife
6Proto-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 →
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