Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sakō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *sakaną (to quarrel, to argue, to debate) +‎ *-ō.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑ.kɔː/

Noun

*sakō f

  1. quarrel
  2. charge, case, lawsuit
  3. thing, matter

Inflection

Declension of *sakō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *sakō *sakôz
vocative *sakō *sakôz
accusative *sakǭ *sakōz
genitive *sakōz *sakǫ̂
dative *sakōi *sakōmaz
instrumental *sakō *sakōmiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *saku
    • Old English: sacu
    • Old Frisian: sake, seke, sek
      • Saterland Frisian: sec
      • West Frisian: saak
    • Old Saxon: saka
      • Middle Low German: sake
        • Low German: Sake
          • German Low German: Saak
            • Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch: Saak f, Såk
            • Westphalian:
              • Paderbornisch: Sake f
    • Old Dutch: saka
    • Old High German: sahha, sacha
  • Proto-Norse: *ᛊᚨᚲᚢ (*saku)
    • Old Norse: sǫk
      • Icelandic: sök
      • Faroese: sak, søk
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: sak; (dialectal) sok
      • Old Swedish: sak
        • Swedish: sak c or f
      • Old Danish: sak
        • Danish: sag c
          • Norwegian Bokmål: sak m or f
  • Proto-Finnic: *sakko (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sakō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 424