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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.kɔː/

Noun

*sakō f

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

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension 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

• *sakōlausaz
• *sakōną

Related terms

• *sahtiz
• *sōkijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *saku
  • Old English: sacu
    • Middle English: sake, sak, sac
      • Scots: sak, saik
      • English: sake
  • Old Frisian: sake, seke, sek
    • Saterland Frisian: sec
      • Saterland Frisian: Seeke
    • West Frisian: saak
  • Old Saxon: saka
    • Middle Low German: sake
      • Low German: sake
        • German Low German:
          • Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch: Saak f, Såk
          • Westphalian:
            • Paderbornisch: Sake f
  • Old Dutch: saka
    • Middle Dutch: sāke
      • Dutch: zaak
        • Afrikaans: saak
  • Old High German: sahha, sacha
    • Middle High German: sache, sach
      • Bavarian: Såch
      • German: Sache
      • Luxembourgish: Saach
      • Yiddish: זאַך (zakh)
• 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)