sókn
Icelandic
/ˈsoʊkn̥/
noun
Definitions
- attack, offensive
- parish
- petition, application
- prosecution
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
- maður Icelandic
- prestur Icelandic
- sóknarmaður Icelandic
- sóknarprestur Icelandic
- sokn Old Swedish
- sōkn, sokn Old Swedish
- sóğn Scanian