Where does “Sahon” come from?

Sahon (Tagalog) comes 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.

Sahon (Tagalog): Saxon

Definitions

  1. Saxon

Ancestry of “Sahon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishsajónSaxon
2LatinSaxonem—
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 →