Where does “sacadă” come from?
sacadă (Romanian) comes from French saccade, from French saquer, from French sac, from Old Norse saka, from Proto-Germanic sakōną, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂g- — to seek out.
sacadă (Romanian): a jerk jerking movement
Definitions
- a jerk jerking movement
Ancestry of “sacadă”, step by step
sacadă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French saccade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | saccade | a jerk; a rapid jerky movement of the eye from... |
| 2 | French | saquer | to sack, fire; to not be able to stand someone;... |
| 3 | French | sac | bag, sack; ten French francs; plunder, loot |
| 4 | Old Norse | saka | to do harm, to scathe; to blame, find fault with |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sakōną | to charge, seek legal action against |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂g- | to seek out |
via French saccader
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | saccader | to jerk, jolt; to shake |