Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/saku
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *sakō. Equivalent to *sakan (“to quarrel, argue”) + *-u.
Noun
[edit]*saku f[1]
Inflection
[edit]| ō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *saku | |
| Genitive | *sakā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *saku | *sakō |
| Accusative | *sakā | *sakā |
| Genitive | *sakā | *sakō |
| Dative | *sakē | *sakōm, *sakum |
| Instrumental | *saku | *sakōm, *sakum |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: sacu
- Old Frisian: sake, seke, sek
- Old Saxon: saka
- Old Dutch: saka
- Old High German: sahha, sacha
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 195: “PWGmc *saku”