Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sark

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *sarcus, from Latin sarcophagus (“grave, sepulchre”).

Noun

*sark m

1. grave
2. coffin

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sark
Genitive	*sarkas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sark	*sarkō, *sarkōs
Accusative	*sark	*sarkā
Genitive	*sarkas	*sarkō
Dative	*sarkē	*sarkum
Instrumental	*sarku	*sarkum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: serk
  • West Frisian: sark
• Old Saxon: sark
  • Middle Low German: sark, saarck, sarc, sarik, sarich, sarek, serk
    • German Low German: Sark
• Old Dutch: *sark
  • Middle Dutch: sarc, serc
    • Dutch: zerk
• Old High German: sark, sarc, sarh, saruh
  • Middle High German: sarc, sarch
    • German: Sarg (see there for further descendants)
    • Hunsrik: Saarich, Sarrich