Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sakō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.kɔː/

Noun

*sakō f

quarrel
charge, case, lawsuit
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

Related terms

*sahtiz
*sōkijaną

Descendants

Old English: sacu
- Middle English: sake, sak, sac
  - Scots: sak, saik
  - English: sake
Old Frisian: sake, seke, sek
- East 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
      - Westphalian:
        Paderbornisch: Sake f
Old Dutch: saka
- Middle Dutch: sake
  - Dutch: zaak
Old High German: sahha, sacha
- Middle High German: sache
  - German: Sache
  - Luxembourgish: Saach
Old Norse: sǫk
- Icelandic: sök
- Faroese: søk
- Norwegian:
  - Bokmål: sak
  - Nynorsk: sak
- Old Swedish: sak
  - Swedish: sak
- Old Danish: sak
  - Danish: sag
- Westrobothnian: sak
→ Finnish: sakko