Sock
See also: sock
Alemannic German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German soc, from Old High German soc, from Proto-West Germanic *sokk, from Proto-Germanic *sukkaz. Compare German Socke.
Noun edit
Central Franconian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German soc, from Old High German soc, from Latin soccus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Sock f or m (plural Söck or Socke, diminutive Söckche or Seckche)
- (most dialects) sock
Usage notes edit
- The word was originally masculine in Ripuarian, but is now often feminine under standard German influence.
- In Ripuarian, the plural Söck is predominant (even with feminine gender), Socke is rarer. Moselle Franconian has only Socke.
- The diminutive is irregular. (The expected form is *Söckelche.)
Plautdietsch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Saxon sok, from Proto-West Germanic *sokk.
Noun edit
Sock f (plural Socke)