sokkr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sukkaz (whence also Old English socc, Old High German soc), from Latin soccus.

Noun

sokkr m

  1. sock

Descendants

  • Icelandic: sokkur
  • Faroese: sokkur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sokk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sokk
  • Danish: sok
  • Swedish: socka

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sokkr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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