sekkr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sakkuz (“sack”), from Latin saccus (“large bag”), from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “bag of coarse cloth”), from Semitic.
Noun
sekkr m (genitive sekkjar, plural sekkir)
- sack, big bag (for turnips, flour, mail, etc.)
Declension
Declension of sekkr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | sekkr | sekkrinn | sekkir | sekkirnir |
accusative | sekk | sekkinn | sekki | sekkina |
dative | sekk | sekkinum | sekkjum | sekkjunum |
genitive | sekkjar | sekkjarins | sekkja | sekkjanna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: sekkur
- Faroese: sekkur
- Norn: sekk
- Norwegian: sekk
- Old Swedish: sækker
- Swedish: säck
- → Finnish: säkki
- → Ingrian: säkki
- → Proto-Samic:
- Kildin Sami: са̄һк (sāhk)
- Swedish: säck
- Danish: sæk
- Gutnish: säkk
- Westrobothnian: säkk, saittj
References
- “sekkr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press