Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sahs

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sahsą.

Noun

*sahs n

dagger, knife

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sahs
Genitive	*sahsas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sahs	*sahsu
Accusative	*sahs	*sahsu
Genitive	*sahsas	*sahsō
Dative	*sahsē	*sahsum
Instrumental	*sahsu	*sahsum

Derived terms

*handusahs
*matisahs

Descendants

Old English: seax, syx, sex
- Middle English: sax, sex
  - English: sax, zax
  - Scots: saks, sax (verb) (through confluence with Norse form)
- → English: seax (direct borrowing from Old English)
Old Frisian: sax
- North Frisian: sax
- Saterland Frisian: Soaks
Old Saxon: sahs
- Middle Low German: sax, sachs, sass
Old Dutch: *sas
- Middle Dutch: sas
Old High German: sahs
- Middle High German: sahs
  - German: Sachs