Where does “soek” come from?

soek (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch zoeken, from Middle Dutch soeken, from Old Dutch suoken, from Proto-West Germanic sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic sōkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂gyeti, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂g- — to seek out.

soek (Afrikaans): to search, seek; market, souq, bazaar, street of...

Definitions

  1. to search, seek; market, souq, bazaar, street of...

Ancestry of “soek”, step by step

soek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch zoeken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchzoekento search; to look for, to seek
2Middle Dutchsoekento seek, to look for; to seek to, to strive to
3Old Dutchsuokento seek, to look for; to seek, to try to get; to...
4Proto-West Germanicsōkijanto seek, to look for
5Proto-Germanicsōkijanąto seek, look for
6Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂gyetito give a sign
7Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂g-to seek out

via Arabic سُوق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicسُوقmarket, souq
2Aramaicשוקאstreet; square, plaza, forum; market, bazaar
3Akkadian𒋻divide, cut off
4Akkadian𒆸"upqu" "block"
5Sumerian𒆸block, slab; to make clod

Words derived from “soek”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₂gyeti →Every word from Proto-Germanic sōkijaną →