Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sukkaz

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Latin soccus,^[1]^[2]^[3] from Ancient Greek σύκχος (súkkhos, “a kind of shoe”), probably from Phrygian, Anatolian, or another substrate language from Asia Minor.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /suk.kɑz/

Noun edit

*sukkaz m

light footwear
sock
Coordinate terms: *skōhaz, *hrifilingaz

Inflection edit

Declension of *sukkaz (a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sukkaz	*sukkōz, -ōs
Vocative	*sukk	*sukkōz, -ōs
Accusative	*sukką	*sukkanz
Genitive	*sukkas, -is	*sukkǫ̂
Dative	*sukkai	*sukkamaz
Instrumental	*sukkō	*sukkamiz

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *sokk
- Old English: socc, soc
  - Middle English: socke, sokke, sok
    - English: sock
    - Scots: sock
- Old Frisian: sokka
  - Saterland Frisian: Sokke
  - West Frisian: sok
- Old Saxon: sok
  - Plautdietsch: Sock
- Old High German: soc, sok, soch
  - Middle High German: soc, socke
    - Alemannic German: Sock, Socke, Sockä, Socka
    - Central Franconian: Sock
    - German: Socke (see there for further descendants)
    - Vilamovian: zok
Old Norse: sokkr
- Icelandic: sokkur
- Faroese: sokkur
- Norwegian Bokmål: sokk
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sokk
- Danish: sok
- Swedish: socka
→ Proto-Finnic: *sukka (see there for further descendants)

References edit

^ von Richthofen, Karl (1840) “sokka”, in Altfriesisches Wörterbuch [Old Frisian Dictionary] (in German), Dieterich Göttingen, page 1039
^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “sock”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 820
^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Socke”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 677

[1] von Richthofen, Karl (1840) “sokka”, in Altfriesisches Wörterbuch [Old Frisian Dictionary] (in German), Dieterich Göttingen, page 1039

[2] Hellquist, Elof (1922) “sock”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 820

[3] Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Socke”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 677

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