Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sōkniz

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 *sōkijaną (“to seek, look for; to dispute”) +‎ *-niz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːk.niz/

Noun

*sōkniz f

1. investigation; probe; examination; inquiry
2. dispute; quarrel; contest; struggle; fight

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *sōkniz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sōkniz	*sōknīz
vocative	*sōkni	*sōknīz
accusative	*sōknį	*sōkninz
genitive	*sōknīz	*sōknijǫ̂
dative	*sōknī	*sōknimaz
instrumental	*sōknī	*sōknimiz

Related terms

• *sakaną
• *sōkijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sōkni
  • Old English: sōcn, sōcen
    • Middle English: soken
      • English: soken
    • → Medieval Latin: sōca
      • Old French: soc
        • ⇒ Old French: socage, soccage, sokage
          • → Middle English: sokage
            • English: socage, soccage
      • → Middle English: soke
  • >? Old Saxon: *sōki (dissimilated from Old Saxon *sōkni ?)
    • Middle Low German: souke, sö̂ke
      • German Low German: Söke, Söök
  • Old High German: sōhnī, suohnī, suohhinī, suochinī
    • ⇒ Old High German: ursōhnī, ursuohnī, ursuohhinī
      • ⇒ Old High German: ursuohhinōn, ursuochinōn, ursuohhanōn, ursuochanōn
  • >? Old High German: suohhī, suochī (dissimilated from Old High German suohhnī ?)
    • Middle High German: suoche (merged with descendant of Old High German suohha)
      • German: Suche
• Old Norse: sókn
  • Icelandic: sókn
  • Faroese: sókn
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sokn, sogn
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: sokn
  • Old Swedish: sōkn
    • Swedish: socken
  • Old Danish: sōkn
    • Danish: sogn
  • Elfdalian: sokken
  • Jamtish: sókn
  • Gutnish: sokken
  • Scanian: sóğn
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌽𐍃 (sōkns)