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English word saw comes from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷe-, Proto-Indo-European *sēik-, and later Proto-Germanic *sagō (A saw (tool).)
*sekʷe- (Proto-Indo-European)
*sēik- (Proto-Indo-European)
to cut
*sokéh₂ (Proto-Indo-European)
*sagō (Proto-Germanic)
A saw (tool).
saga (Old English)
Saw (tool).
sawgh (Middle English)
saw (English)
A musical saw.. A sawtooth wave.. A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal (intransitive) To be cut with a saw.. (intransitive) To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.. (transitive) To cut (something) with a saw.. (transitive) To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.