sokn

Old Swedish

noun

Definitions

parish
prosecution (law)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse sókn inherited from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (seeking, inquiry, examination, contest, struggle).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*sōkniz

Gloss

seeking, inquiry, examination, contest, struggle

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*seh₂g- Proto-Indo-European
*sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
sogn Norwegian Bokmål
sokn Norwegian Bokmål
*sōkniz Proto-Germanic
sokn Norwegian Nynorsk
socn Old English
sōcn Old English
sókn Old Norse
sókn Icelandic
sōkn, sokn Old Swedish
sóğn Scanian

sōkn
sokn