*sōkniz

Runic: ᛊᛟᚲᚾᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːk.niz/

noun · feminine · i-stem

Meanings

  1. investigation; probe; examination; inquiry
  2. dispute; quarrel; contest; struggle; fight

Etymology

From *sōkijaną (‘to seek, look for; to dispute’) + *-niz.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.sōknizsōknīz
Acc.sōknįsōkninz
Gen.sōknīzsōknijǫ̂
Dat.sōknīsōknimaz
Inst.sōknīsōknimiz
Voc.sōknisōknīz

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Descendants

  • *sōkni (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sōcn, sōcen (Old English)
      • sōca (Medieval Latin)
        • soke (Middle English)
  • *sōkni (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sōcn, sōcen (Old English)
      • sōca (Medieval Latin)
        • soc (Old French)
          • socage, soccage, sokage (Old French)
            • sokage (Middle English)
              • socage, soccage (English)
  • *sōkni (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sōcn, sōcen (Old English)
      • soken (Middle English)
        • soc, soke, soken, sucken (English)
          • insucken (English)
  • *sōkni (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sōhnī, suohnī, suohhinī, suochinī (Old High German)
      • ursōhnī, ursuohnī, ursuohhinī (Old High German)
        • ursuohhinōn, ursuochinōn, ursuohhanōn, ursuochanōn (Old High German)
  • *sōkni (Proto-West Germanic)
    • suohhī, suochī (Old High German)
      • suoche (Middle High German)
        • Suche (German)
  • *sōkni (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *sōki (Old Saxon)
      • souke, sö̂ke (Middle Low German)
        • Söke, Söök (German Low German)
  • sókn (Old Norse)
    • sokken (Elfdalian)
    • sókn (Faroese)
    • sokken (Gutnish)
    • sókn (Icelandic)
    • sókn (Jamtish)
    • sóğn (Scanian)
  • sókn (Old Norse)
    • ? (Norwegian)
      • sokn, sogn (Norwegian Bokmål)
      • sokn (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • sókn (Old Norse)
    • sōkn (Old Danish)
      • sogn (Danish)
  • sókn (Old Norse)
    • sōkn (Old Swedish)
      • socken (Swedish)
  • 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌽𐍃 (sōkns) (Gothic)

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