Etymograph

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Sasse

Sasse comes from Middle Low German sasse ‘Saxon’, from Proto-West Germanic *sahs ‘dagger, knife’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-‘to cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sahsą‘dagger, knife’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sahs‘dagger, knife’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*Sahsō‘a Saxon’reconstructed
  5. Old Saxonc. 800–1200Sahso
  6. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600sasse‘Saxon’
  7. EnglishtodaySasse

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-‘to cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sahsą‘dagger, knife’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sahs‘dagger, knife’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*Sahsō‘a Saxon’reconstructed
  5. Old Saxonc. 800–1200Sahso
  6. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600sasse‘Saxon’
  7. EnglishtodaySasse

Linked words

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

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

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

sax, 2 more

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sek- / Sasse

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