Ringe reconstructs the root with the vowel /a/, although Pronk suggests that the reconstruction *seh₂k- or *seh₂ḱ- is preferable to account for the ablaut variations.[3]
Proto-Germanic*sahtiz(“reconciliation”), e.g. Old Norsesátt(“treaty”), is traditionally connected to this root. However, the favored connection is now to *seh₂g-(“to seek”).
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “sacer”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 532
^ Ranko Matasović (2018), “A Reader in Comparative Indo-European Mythology”, in mudrac.ffzg.hr[1]: “PIE *seh₂k-/ *sh₂k-”
^ Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[2], 1st edition, Oxford: University Press, →ISBN, page 10: “*sak-”
^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “šāklāi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 700
^ Tao Pan (2024), “Notes on the Tocharian A Lexicon”, in Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia[3] (in British English), volume 37, →DOI, →ISSN, page 167: “*sh₁ḱ-ro- >Proto-Toch. *sakræ- > Toch. A sākär”
^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “zankila-i”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1031
