Etymology Explorer › Old Danish

Where does “sæktæ” come from?

sæktæ (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse sekt, from Old Norse sekr, from Proto-Germanic sakjaz.

Ancestry of “sæktæ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesektpenalty
2Old Norsesekrguilty; convicted, outlawed, condemned to...
3Proto-Germanicsakjaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic sakjaz →