Proto-West Germanic

*sahs

‘dagger, knife’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *sahs.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, most familiar first.

• sax ← seax
• sassenach ← Sasannach ← Saxanach ← Saxain ← Saxain
• zax ← sax ← seax

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *sahs