Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySuch a tool with a toothed blade. · Such a tool with an abrasive coating instead of teeth. · A musical saw. · A sawtooth wave.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sok-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *sagō Proto-West Germanic *sagu Old English saga Middle English sawe English saw The noun from Middle English sawe, sawgh, from Old English saga, sagu (“saw”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagô, *sagō (“saw”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Cognate with West Frisian seage (“saw”), Dutch zaag (“saw”), German Säge (“saw”), Danish sav (“saw”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk sag (“saw”), Swedish såg (“saw”), Icelandic sög (“saw”), and through Indo-European, with Latin secō (“cut”) and Italian sega (“saw”). The verb from Middle English sawen, from the noun above.
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- Root classification mention*sek-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionsaweenm
- Inherited-form mentionsagaang
- Inherited-form mention*sagugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*sagôgem-pro
- Derivation mention*sek-ine-pro · to cut
- Cognate mentionseagefy · saw
- Cognate mentionzaagnl · saw
- Cognate mentionSägede · saw
- Cognate mentionsavda · saw
- Cognate mentionsågsv · saw
- Cognate mentionsögis · saw
- Cognate mentionsecōla · cut
- Cognate mentionsegait · saw
- Inherited-form mentionsawenenm
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