saks
Danish
[ˈsɑɡ̊s]
noun
Definitions
- pair of scissors
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse sax (sword) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (knife, stone chip, rock, sword, dagger).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*sahsą
Gloss
knife, stone chip, rock, sword, dagger
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
岩, 巌
Emoji
🍴 🍽️ 🔪 🗡️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sax English
- saxist English
- saxman English
- saxtuba English
- sax Dutch, Flemish
- *sek- Proto-Indo-European
- *sahsą Proto-Germanic
- サックス Japanese
- seax Old English
- sax Middle English
- sax Old Norse
- sǫx Old Norse
- klo Danish
- klosaks Danish
- sakse Danish
- sahs Old High German
- saksur Faroese
- *sahs gmw-pro
- sağs Scanian