Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sukkaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Latin soccus, from Ancient Greek σύκχος (súkkhos, “a kind of shoe”), probably from Phrygian, Anatolian, or another substrate language from Asia Minor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suk.kɑz/

Noun

*sukkaz m

1. light footwear
2. sock

   Coordinate terms: *skōhaz, *hrifilingaz

Inflection

Declension of *sukkaz (a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sukkaz	*sukkōz, -ōs
Vocative	*sukk	*sukkōz, -ōs
Accusative	*sukką	*sukkanz
Genitive	*sukkas, -is	*sukkǫ̂
Dative	*sukkai	*sukkamaz
Instrumental	*sukkō	*sukkamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sokk
  • Old English: socc, soc
    • Middle English: socke, sokke, sok
      • English: sock
      • Scots: sock
  • Old Frisian: sokka
    • Saterland Frisian: Sokke
    • West Frisian: sok
  • Old Saxon: sok
    • Plautdietsch: Sock
  • Old High German: soc, sok, soch
    • Middle High German: soc, socke
      • Alemannic German: Sock, Socke, Sockä, Socka
      • Central Franconian: Sock
      • German: Socke (see there for further descendants)
      • Vilamovian: zok
• Old Norse: sokkr
  • Icelandic: sokkur
  • Faroese: sokkur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sokk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sokk
  • Danish: sok
  • Swedish: socka
• → Proto-Finnic: *sukka (see there for further descendants)