Where does “pakke” come from?

pakke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse pakki, from Middle Low German packe, from Old Saxon pakko, from Frankish pakkō, from Proto-Germanic pakkô — bundle; pack; package.

pakke (Norwegian Bokmål): a parcel, package, or packet; a pack or packet;...

Definitions

  1. a parcel, package, or packet; a pack or packet;...

Ancestry of “pakke”, step by step

pakke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse pakki

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

via Middle Low German packen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanpackento pack

Words derived from “pakke”

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