sekkr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sakkuz (“sack”), from Latin saccus (“large bag”), from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “bag of coarse cloth”), from Semitic.

Noun

sekkr m (genitive sekkjar, plural sekkir)

  1. sack, big bag (for turnips, flour, mail, etc.)

Declension

Declension of sekkr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sekkr sekkrinn sekkir sekkirnir
accusative sekk sekkinn sekki sekkina
dative sekk sekkinum sekkjum sekkjunum
genitive sekkjar sekkjarins sekkja sekkjanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: sekkur
  • Faroese: sekkur
  • Norn: sekk
  • Norwegian: sekk
  • Old Swedish: sækker
    • Swedish: säck
      • → Finnish: säkki
      • → Ingrian: säkki
      • → Proto-Samic:
        • Kildin Sami: са̄һк (sāhk)
  • Danish: sæk
  • Gutnish: säkk

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sekkr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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