Säge

Concepts

saw

🪚

saws

handsaw

bandsaws

chainsaws

hand saw

Synonyms

Fuchsschwanz

das heißt

Gebirge

gesehen

Handsäge

Kettensäge

Bergkette

Bandsäge

Translations

scie

zaag

🪚

sega

🪚

sierra

🪚

serra

🪚

serra

🪚

testere

serrucho

serra

🪚

serrote

mişar

🪚

منشار

🪚

πριόνι

ressèga

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

säägi

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as

Sä‧ge

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈzɛːɡə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: sage

Inherited from Old High German: saga

Cognate with Dutch: zaag

Cognate with Western Frisian: seage

Cognate with English: saw

Cognate with Danish: sav

Cognate with Swedish: såg

Cognate with Latin: secāre

Cognate with Italian: sega

Cognate with French: scie

In summary

From Middle High German sage, from Old High German saga, from Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
Compare Dutch zaag, West Frisian seage, English saw, Danish sav, Swedish såg; as well as (from Latin secāre) Italian sega, French scie.