saxe
Saxe (name) means Saxony: A historical region and former duchy in north-central Germany.
Etymology
Seemingly a combination of influences: Middle English Saxe (“the Saxons”) (from Old English Seaxe), Middle French Saxe (“Saxony”), and German Sachsen (“Saxony”) and Sachse (“a Saxon”) itself, rewritten with x (compare regional German Saxen). The form Saxẽ (i.e., Saxen) is found in some Early Modern sources. The surname is also partly from German Sachs, itself a variant of Sachse; a variant of Dutch Sas (literally “Saxon”), a cognate; and Middle English Saxe, a personal name from Old Norse Saxi, from sax (“one-edged sword”). All of these ultimately lead back to Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“dagger, knife”). Doublet of Sachs, Sax, Sas, and Sachse.
Rhymes for saxe
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What is the meaning of saxe?
"saxe" (name) means saxony: A historical region and former duchy in north-central Germany.
What are the different meanings of saxe?
"saxe" has 2 main meanings: 1. Saxony: A historical region and former duchy in north-central Germany; 2. A surname from the Germanic languages.