Etymograph

English

Pennersax

Pennersax may come from Proto-Brythonic *Sėɨs ‘Saxon, Englishman’.

  1. Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*Sėɨs‘Saxon, Englishman’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayPennersax

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*Sėɨs‘Saxon, Englishman’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayPennersax

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut’

sex, design, saw, sign, risk, section, ship, sexual, seal, segment, insect, sack, scarlet, sawyer, sickle, het, shingle, dissect, scythe, sich, seg, sedge, sigil, brassica, desiccation, desiccant, sain, 62 more

through Proto-West Germanic *sahs ‘dagger, knife’

sax, 2 more

Today it means

name An ancient parish of Middlebie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Brythonic *Sėɨs / Pennersax