Where does “sawmsagi” come from?

sawmsagi (Zou) comes from Proto-West Germanic sagi, from Proto-Germanic sagjaz, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

sawmsagi (Zou): seventy

Definitions

  1. seventy

Ancestry of “sawmsagi”, step by step

sawmsagi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic sagi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsagiretainer, warrior; sedge
2Proto-Germanicsagjazretainer, warrior; sedge
3Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

via Zou sàwm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zousàwmten
2Proto-Kuki-Chin*soom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sagjaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sagi →