sax
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- a pair of scissors; shears
- short of saxofon
- a trap for animals
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse sǫx (non, plural of m) derived from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (knife, stone chip, rock, sword, dagger) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (cut, dry out, coagulate).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sek-
Gloss
cut, dry out, coagulate
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- insect English
- sax English
- saxist English
- saxman English
- saxtuba English
- sex English
- juontosakset Finnish
- kalasakset Finnish
- keittiösakset Finnish
- kynsisakset Finnish
- lankasakset Finnish
- levysakset Finnish
- lintusakset Finnish
- mittasakset Finnish
- oksasakset Finnish
- paperisakset Finnish
- parturinsakset Finnish
- peltisakset Finnish
- pensassakset Finnish
- puutarhasakset Finnish
- pähkinäsakset Finnish
- ravunsakset Finnish
- saksata Finnish
- sakset Finnish
- saksia Finnish
- saksilava Finnish
- saksinokka Finnish
- saksinosturi Finnish
- saksipotku Finnish
- saksitaitto Finnish
- saksittaa Finnish
- saksitunkki Finnish
- sokerisakset Finnish
- tukkisakset Finnish
- dissectus Latin
- intersecare Latin
- sacena Latin
- saxum Latin
- secare, seco Latin
- seco Latin
- secta Latin
- sectio Latin
- sector Latin
- secāre, secō Latin
- secō Latin
- segmentum Latin
- segnis Latin
- sequi Latin
- signum Latin
- scudocrociato Italian
- sax Dutch, Flemish
- troisième sexe French
- *seg- Proto-Indo-European
- *sek- Proto-Indo-European
- *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *skei- Proto-Indo-European
- *sēk-teh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- saks Norwegian Bokmål
- *sagô Proto-Germanic
- *sagō Proto-Germanic
- *sahsą Proto-Germanic
- räv Swedish
- rävsax Swedish
- trädgård Swedish
- trädgårdssax Swedish
- サックス Japanese
- saks Norwegian Nynorsk
- seax Old English
- sawen Middle English
- sax Middle English
- Saxland Old Norse
- sax Old Norse
- saxa Old Norse
- sǫx Old Norse
- *sekyra Proto-Slavic
- *sěťi Proto-Slavic
- hesg Welsh
- sahs Old High German
- *sahs gmw-pro
- *segisnu gmw-pro
- *sexskā Proto-Celtic
- *seknom Proto-Italic