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

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

Related terms

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
- 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)