Saxo
See also: saxo and saxó
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *sahsō, from Proto-West Germanic *sahs (“dagger, knife”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsak.soː/, [ˈs̠äks̠oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsak.so/, [ˈsäkso]
Noun
Saxō m (genitive Saxōnis); third declension
- A person from the Germanic tribal community of the Saxons
- (Medieval Latin, Britain, Ireland, by extension) An English person.
- (Medieval Latin, Germany) A speaker of Low German. [from 12th c.]
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Saxō | Saxōnēs |
Genitive | Saxōnis | Saxōnum |
Dative | Saxōnī | Saxōnibus |
Accusative | Saxōnem | Saxōnēs |
Ablative | Saxōne | Saxōnibus |
Vocative | Saxō | Saxōnēs |
Descendants
- Old French: saisoigne, sesne
- Anglo-Norman: sessoun
- → Old French: Saxon (semi-learned)
- → Middle English: Saxoun
- English: Saxon (partially)
- → Middle English: Saxoun
- → Proto-Brythonic: *Sėɨs
- Middle Breton: Saus
- Breton: Saoz
- Cumbric:
- → English: Pennersax
- Middle Cornish: *Seys
- Cornish: Sows
- Middle Welsh: Seis
- Welsh: Sais
- Middle Breton: Saus
- → Middle Irish: Saxa
- → Old Irish: Saxain
- Middle Irish: Saxain
- Irish: Sacsain, Sasana
- Manx: Sostyn
- Scottish Gaelic: Sasainn
- Middle Irish: Saxain
References
- Saxones in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “Saxo”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, OCLC 1369101