Where does “Šokac” come from?

Šokac (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Sachse, from Middle High German Sahse, from Old High German Sahso, from Proto-West Germanic sahsō, from Proto-Germanic sahsô.

Šokac (Serbo-Croatian): a member of a South Slavic ethnic group identified with Croats of Slavonia, Baranya and Syrmia

Definitions

  1. a member of a South Slavic ethnic group identified with Croats of Slavonia, Baranya and Syrmia

Ancestry of “Šokac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSachseSaxon a person from Saxony; Saxon a member of the...
2Middle High GermanSahse
3Old High GermanSahsoa Saxon
4Proto-West Germanicsahsōa Saxon
5Proto-Germanicsahsô

Words derived from “Šokac

Every word from Proto-Germanic sahsôEvery word from Proto-West Germanic sahsōEvery word from Old High German Sahso