Where does “årsak” come from?

årsak (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse órsǫk, 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.

årsak (Norwegian Bokmål): a reason; a cause

Definitions

  1. a reason; a cause

Ancestry of “årsak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseórsǫk—
2Middle Low Germanorsakereason, cause
3Middle Low Germansake—
4Old Saxonsaka—
5Proto-West Germanicsakuaccusation, charge; case
6Proto-Germanicsakōquarrel; charge, case, lawsuit; thing, matter
7Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂g-to seek out

Words derived from “årsak”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sakō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic saku →