The Finns and Estonians have changed their usage of the root Saxon over the centuries to apply now to the whole country of Germany (Saksa and Saksamaa respectively) and the Germans (saksalaiset and sakslased, respectively). The Finnish word sakset (scissors) reflects the name of the old Saxon single-edged sword — seax — from which the name "Saxon" supposedly derives.[14] In Estonian, saks means "a nobleman" or, colloquially, "a wealthy or powerful person".