Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sahsō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

    From *sahs (“dagger, knife”).

    Noun

    *sahsō m[1]

    1. a Saxon

    Inflection

    Masculine an-stem
    Singular
    Nominative *sahsō
    Genitive *sahsini, *sahsan
    Singular Plural
    Nominative *sahsō *sahsan
    Accusative *sahsan *sahsan
    Genitive *sahsini, *sahsan *sahsanō
    Dative *sahsini, *sahsan *sahsum
    Instrumental *sahsini, *sahsan *sahsum

    Descendants

    • Old English: *Seaxa (attested in plural Seaxan)
    • Old Saxon: Sahso
    • Old Dutch: *sasso
      • Middle Dutch: sassen pl
    • Old High German: Sahso
      • Middle High German: Sahse
    • → Old Norse: Saxi, Saxar (plural)
    • → Latin: Saxō

    References

    1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117: “*Sahsō”
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