sǫk

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᛊᚨᚲᚢ (*saku), from Proto-Germanic *sakō. Cognate with English sake, Old High German sahha, German Sache and Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺 (sak).

Noun

sǫk f (genitive sakar, plural sakar or sakir)

  1. (law) legal case, action
  2. fault

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Descendants

  • Icelandic: sök
  • Faroese: sak, søk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sak; (dialectal) sok
  • Old Swedish: sak
    • Swedish: sak c or f
  • Old Danish: sak
    • Danish: sag c
      • Norwegian Bokmål: sak m or f

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