sakas

See also: Sakas, šakas, and sakąs

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱak- (“branch, stick”) (whence also sakne (q.v.)) from Proto-Indo-European *kek- / *ḱek- / *kekʰ- / *ḱekʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian šaka (“branch”). Semantic development: branch > parting place of two branches > the two beams around a horse's neck. Along with šak- > sak-, there is cak-/čak-, cf. čaka (“a stick with an offshoot to use as its handle”) whence čakarēt.[1] See Russian соха (soxa) for additional cognates.

Noun

sakas f (4th declension)

  1. collar (for a horse)

Declension

Declension of sakas (4th declension)
singular plural
nominative — sakas
genitive — saku
dative — sakām
accusative — sakas
instrumental — sakām
locative — sakās
vocative — sakas

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “sakas”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sakas

  1. (non-standard since 2012) passive infinitive of saka
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