sök
Icelandic
/sœːk/
noun
Definitions
- accusation
- fault
- (in the plural) affair, matter(s)
- reason, cause
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse sǫk (legal case) derived from Proto-Germanic *sakō (affair, accusation, matter, thing, charge).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*sakō
Gloss
affair, accusation, matter, thing, charge
Concept
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Possession
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sakko Finnish
- *seh₂g- Proto-Indo-European
- sak Norwegian Bokmål
- *sakō Proto-Germanic
- godsak Swedish
- grönsak Swedish
- huvudsak Swedish
- huvudsaklig Swedish
- leksak Swedish
- sak Swedish
- sakfråga Swedish
- sakkunnig Swedish
- sakpolitisk Swedish
- sakprosa Swedish
- sakregister Swedish
- sak Norwegian Nynorsk
- sacleas Old English
- sacu Old English
- sake Middle English
- sakareyrir Old Norse
- sakeyrir Old Norse
- sǫk Old Norse
- hovedsag Danish
- mærkesag Danish
- retssag Danish
- sag Danish
- sakaskrá Icelandic
- saklaus Icelandic
- sakleysi Icelandic
- skrá Icelandic
- Haaptsaach Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Saach Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *saku gmw-pro
- *saka Old Dutch
- sak Westrobothnian
- sak Old Danish