saw – English noun declension

English noun forms of saw

Noun: saw
Singularsaw
Pluralsaws

Sample Sentences

  • Meronyms: sawtooth < sawblade

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *sek-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
4. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
5. Proto-Indo-European *sok-éh₂
6. Proto-Germanic *sagō
7. Proto-West Germanic *sagu
8. Old English saga
9. Middle English sawe
10. English saw
11. The noun from Middle English sawe, sawgh, from Old English saga, sagu (“saw”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagô, *sagō (“saw”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
12. Cognate with West Frisian seage (“saw”), Dutch zaag (“saw”), German Säge (“saw”), Danish sav (“saw”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk sag (“saw”), Swedish såg (“saw”), Icelandic sög (“saw”), and through Indo-European, with Latin secō (“cut”) and Italian sega (“saw”).
13. The verb from Middle English sawen, from the noun above. See: Middle English Nouns 'sawe', Old English Nouns 'saga', Dutch Nouns 'zaag', German Nouns 'Säge', Danish Nouns 'sav', Swedish Nouns 'såg', Icelandic Nouns 'sög', Latin Nouns 'secō', Italian Nouns 'sega'.

Verbs referencing "saw"

Swedish Nouns saga, German Nouns Säge, Italian Nouns sega, Danish Nouns sav, Russian Nouns сектор, Old Norse Nouns sǫg, Russian Nouns лобзик, Irish Nouns sábh.