Surname · also Old Galician-Portuguese
Sá
“house, dwelling”
Sá is a surname from Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Gothic. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sá goes back to Proto-Germanic *salą, meaning “house, dwelling.”
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Where it comes from
Sá comes from Old Galician-Portuguese, and ultimately from Gothic.
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How it developed
From Old Galician-Portuguese Saa, from Proto-Germanic *salą (“house, dwelling”).
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Sá’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Sá as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Sala. In Portuguese usage, Sá as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Galician form SAA.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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