Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To cut or slash with a sharp instrument; incise; scarify.
Alternative spelling of zax. · A knife or sword; a dagger about 50 cm (20 inches) in length. · An early medieval type of machete common with the Germanic peoples.
From Middle English sax, sex, from Old English seax (“a knife, hip-knife, an instrument for cutting, a short sword, dirk, dagger”), from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“stone chip, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Doublet of seax and zax.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*sek-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionsaxenm
- Inherited-form mentionseaxang · a knife, hip-knife, an instrument for cutting, a short sword, dirk, dagger
- Inherited-form mention*sahsgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*sahsągem-pro · stone chip, knife
- Derivation mention*sek-ine-pro · to cut
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