Where does “zakken” come from?

zakken (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch sacken, from Old Dutch sackon, from Proto-Germanic sakkōną.

zakken (Dutch): to fall, to drop, to sink; to come down, to go...

Definitions

  1. to fall, to drop, to sink; to come down, to go...

Ancestry of “zakken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsacken—
2Old Dutchsackon—
3Proto-Germanicsakkōną—

Words derived from “zakken”

Every word from Proto-Germanic sakkōną →Every word from Old Dutch sackon →Every word from Middle Dutch sacken →