*stakkaz

Runic: ᛊᛏᚨᚲᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈstɑk.kɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

pile of hay; haystack

Etymology

Per Kroonen, with *-kk- via Kluge's law from earlier *stogʰ-nós, from Proto-Indo-European *stogʰ-, cognate with Proto-Slavic *stogъ (‘stack’); the original *-gʰn- may be the source of *-kn- in Proto-Finnic *sakna (‘sauna’) if this was borrowed from pre-Proto-Germanic. Ancient Greek στόχος (stókhos) (stókhos, ‘brick pillar’) would also likely be cognate but is not mentioned. Traditionally since Pokorny from PIE *(s)teg- (‘beam, stake’) and cognate instead with Latin tignum (‘tree trunk, beam, log’). See also *stangō (‘bar, rod, stake’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.stakkazstakkōz, stakkōs
Acc.stakkąstakkanz
Gen.stakkas, stakkisstakkǫ̂
Dat.stakkaistakkamaz
Inst.stakkōstakkamiz
Voc.stakkstakkōz, stakkōs

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Descendants

  • *ᛊᛏᚨᚲᚲᚨᛉ (*stakkaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • *takka (Proto-Finnic)
  • *ᛊᛏᚨᚲᚲᚨᛉ (*stakkaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • stakkr (Old Norse)
      • stak (Danish)
      • stakk (Elfdalian)
      • stakkur (Faroese)
  • *ᛊᛏᚨᚲᚲᚨᛉ (*stakkaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • stakkr (Old Norse)
      • stak (Middle English)
        • stack (English)
        • stack (Scots)
  • *ᛊᛏᚨᚲᚲᚨᛉ (*stakkaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • stakkr (Old Norse)
      • ? (Norwegian)
        • stakk (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • *ᛊᛏᚨᚲᚲᚨᛉ (*stakkaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • stakkr (Old Norse)
      • stakker (Old Swedish)
        • stack (Swedish)
  • *sakna (Proto-Finnic)

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