sax
Dutch (Brabantic)
/sɑks/
noun
Definitions
- sax, short sword, dagger
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (knife, stone chip, rock, sword, dagger) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (cut, dry out, coagulate).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sek-
Gloss
cut, dry out, coagulate
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- insect English
- sex English
- dissectus Latin
- intersecare Latin
- sacena Latin
- saxum Latin
- secare, seco Latin
- seco Latin
- secta Latin
- sectio Latin
- sector Latin
- secāre, secō Latin
- secō Latin
- segmentum Latin
- segnis Latin
- sequi Latin
- signum Latin
- scudocrociato Italian
- troisième sexe French
- *seg- Proto-Indo-European
- *sek- Proto-Indo-European
- *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *skei- Proto-Indo-European
- *sēk-teh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *sagô Proto-Germanic
- *sagō Proto-Germanic
- *sahsą Proto-Germanic
- sax Swedish
- seax Old English
- sawen Middle English
- Saxland Old Norse
- sax Old Norse
- saxa Old Norse
- sǫx Old Norse
- *sekyra Proto-Slavic
- *sěťi Proto-Slavic
- hesg Welsh
- sahs Old High German
- *sahs gmw-pro
- *segisnu gmw-pro
- *sexskā Proto-Celtic
- *seknom Proto-Italic