sax
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English sax, sex, from Old English seax (“a knife, hip-knife, an instrument for cutting, a short sword, dirk, dagger”), from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“stone chip, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Cognate with North Frisian sax (“knife, sword”), Middle Dutch sas (“knife”), Middle Low German sax (“knife”), Middle High German sahs (“a knife”), Danish saks (“a pair of scissors”), Swedish sax (“a pair of scissors”), Icelandic sax (“a short heavy sword”), Latin secō (“cut”). See also Saxon, saw.
Noun
sax (plural saxes)
Verb
sax (third-person singular simple present saxes, present participle saxing, simple past and past participle saxed)
Etymology 2
Clipping of saxophone. Distantly related to etymology 1 above, because the “Sax” surname is a cognate.
Aleut
Noun
sax
- bird skin coat
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑks/
- Hyphenation: sax
- Rhymes: -ɑks
- Homophone: Sax
Etymology 1
Borrowed, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“stone chip, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). The word also existed in the sixteenth century, but became obsolete and was borrowed again.
Kurdish
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English seax, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saks/
- Rhymes: -aks
References
- “sax (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“dagger, knife”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
Declension
Related terms
- saxar m pl (“Saxons”)
Derived terms
- saxa (“to cut with a 'sax'”)
- saxknífr m (“dagger, dirk”)
- saxoddr m (“the point of a 'sax”)
Descendants
References
sax in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English sex, byform of six, from Old English siex, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saks/
Related terms
- saxt (“sixth”)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse sǫx (plural of sax), from Proto-Germanic *sahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *sek-.
Pronunciation
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Declension
Declension of sax | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sax | saxen | saxar | saxarna |
Genitive | sax | saxens | saxars | saxarnas |
Related terms
- altsax
- björnsax
- bultsax
- fårsax
- häcksax
- kökssax
- ljussax
- nagelsax
- plåtsax
- rävsax
- saxa
- saxfiske
- saxning
- saxnäbb
- saxsektion
- saxskänkel
- saxskär
- saxsprint
- sysax
- tenorsax
- trädgårdssax
- ullsax
References
- sax in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)