Where does “årsag” come from?
årsag (Danish) comes from Middle Low German orsake, from Middle Low German sake, from Old Saxon saka, from Proto-West Germanic saku, from Proto-Germanic sakō, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂g- — to seek out.
årsag (Danish): cause
Ancestry of “årsag”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | orsake | reason, cause |
| 2 | Middle Low German | sake | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | saka | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | saku | accusation, charge; case |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sakō | quarrel; charge, case, lawsuit; thing, matter |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂g- | to seek out |
Words derived from “årsag”