Where does “pack” come from?

pack (German) comes from Low German pack, from Middle Low German pak, from Old Saxon pakko, from Frankish pakkō, from Proto-Germanic pakkô — bundle; pack; package.

pack (German): package, bundle, bunch, (unwieldy) bag

Definitions

  1. package, bundle, bunch, (unwieldy) bag

Ancestry of “pack”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low Germanpack—
2Middle Low Germanpak—
3Old Saxonpakko—
4Frankishpakkō—
5Proto-Germanicpakkôbundle; pack; package

Words derived from “pack”

Every word from Proto-Germanic pakkô →Every word from Frankish pakkō →Every word from Old Saxon pakko →