årsag
Danish
/ɔrsaːˀɣ/
noun
Definitions
- cause
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German orsake (reason, cause), sake affix from German Sache (thing, matter, legal cause, cause) derived from Proto-Germanic *uz- (out, up, out-) inherited from Old Danish orsagh (an excuse) inherited from Old Norse órsekr (innocent).
Origin
Old Norse
órsekr
Gloss
innocent
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ansichtssache German
- Hauptsache German
- Nebensache German
- Privatsache German
- Sachbegriff German
- Sachbuch German
- Sache German
- Sachliteratur German
- Sachverhalt German
- Sachverstand German
- Sachwalter German
- Tatsache German
- Todesursache German
- Ursache German
- sachbezogen German
- sachdienlich German
- sachgemäß German
- sachkundig German
- sachlich German
- sächlich German
- ursächlich German
- verursachen German
- er- Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰrēḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *uds- Proto-Indo-European
- *uss- Proto-Indo-European
- *dwaiskijaną Proto-Germanic
- *mōtijô Proto-Germanic
- *rīsaną Proto-Germanic
- *uz- Proto-Germanic
- *uzlugi- Proto-Germanic
- *uzrīsaną Proto-Germanic
- a- Old English
- or- Old English
- æmetta Old English
- ā- Old English
- ābreġdan Old English
- ābītan Old English
- ācumba Old English
- ādwǣsċan Old English
- āgān Old English
- ǣmtiġ Old English
- órsekr Old Norse
- órsǫk Old Norse
- død Danish
- dødsårsag Danish
- forårsage Danish
- hovedårsag Danish
- er- Middle Dutch
- ver- Middle Dutch
- ir- Old High German
- ur- Old High German
- ur-, ir- Old High German
- sache Middle High German
- 𐌿𐍃- Gothic
- ur- Old Dutch
- orsake Middle Low German
- sake Middle Low German
- a- Old Saxon
- ā- Old Saxon
- orsagh Old Danish