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]

  1. accusation, charge
  2. case

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
    • Saterland Frisian: sec
    • West Frisian: saak
  • Old Saxon: saka
    • Middle Low German: sake
      • Low German: sake
        • German Low German:
          • Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch: Saak f, Såk
          • Westphalian:
            • Paderbornisch: Sake f
  • Old Dutch: saka
  • Old High German: sahha, sacha

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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