Where does “Seeke” come from?

Seeke (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old English sec, from Proto-West Germanic seuk, from Proto-Germanic seukaz, from Proto-Indo-European seug- — to be troubled or grieved.

Seeke (Saterland Frisian): cause; affair; matter; thing

Definitions

  1. cause; affair; matter; thing

Ancestry of “Seeke”, step by step

Seeke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English sec

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishsecAlternative form of sēoc
2Proto-West Germanicseuksick
3Proto-Germanicseukazsick
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseug-to be troubled or grieved

via Old Frisian seke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianseke—
2Proto-Germanicsakōquarrel; charge, case, lawsuit; thing, matter
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂g-to seek out

Words derived from “Seeke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seug- →Every word from Proto-Germanic seukaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic seuk →