Where does “sæcc” come from?

sæcc (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic sakku, from Proto-Germanic sakkuz, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος — sack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...

sæcc (Old English): battle, strife, fighting

Definitions

  1. battle, strife, fighting

Ancestry of “sæcc”, step by step

sæcc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic sakku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsakkusack, bag
2Proto-Germanicsakkuzsack, bag, purse
3Latinsaccussack, bag; purse, wallet, moneybag; garment of...
4Ancient Greekσάκκοςsack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...

via Proto-West Germanic *sakkju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*sakkju—
2Proto-Germanic*sakjō—

Words derived from “sæcc”

Every word from Ancient Greek σάκκος →Every word from Latin saccus →Every word from Proto-Germanic sakkuz →