Etymology

sasse

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Today it means: A sluice or lock, as in a river or canal, to make it more navigable. Full definition →

Dutch sas ← French sas
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sasse · noun1

  1. French · derived fromsas“the basin of a waterfall”
  2. Dutch · derived fromsas
  3. English todaysasse

Dutch sas, from French sas (“the basin of a waterfall”).

Sasse · proper noun2

  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*Sahsō
  2. Old Saxon · derived fromSahso
  3. Middle Low German · derived fromsasse“Saxon”
  4. English todaySasse

* As a Dutch and North/Low German surname, from Middle Low German sasse (“Saxon”) (modern Sasse), from Old Saxon Sahso, from Proto-West Germanic *Sahsō. * As a French surname, from the ancient Germanic name Sahso, shortened pet form of compound names containing the element sahs (“Saxon”), itself from the root of the above.

Words from the same roots

Dutchsas all →

Saxe

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