zaak

Dutch (Brabantic)

/zaːk/

noun
Definitions
  • shop, small store, business
  • (legal) case, suit
  • thing, matter (general term with for a concept other than animate beings)
  • matter, affair, business

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch sāke inherited from Old Dutch *saka inherited from *saku inherited from Proto-Germanic *sakō (affair, accusation, matter, thing, charge).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*sakō

Gloss

affair, accusation, matter, thing, charge

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