Where does “socken” come from?

socken (Swedish) comes from Middle High German soc, from Old High German soc, from Proto-West Germanic *sokk, from Proto-Germanic sukkaz, from Latin soccus, from Ancient Greek σύκχος — a kind of shoe.

socken (Swedish): a parish, a municipality; the geographic area of...

Definitions

  1. a parish, a municipality; the geographic area of...

Ancestry of “socken”, step by step

socken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German soc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansoc—
2Old High Germansocsock
3Proto-West Germanic*sokklight footwear
4Proto-Germanicsukkazlight footwear; sock
5Latinsoccusslipper; comedy
6Ancient Greekσύκχοςa kind of shoe

via Old Swedish sōkn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishsōknparish
2Old Norsesóknbattle, undertaking
3Proto-Germanicsōknizinvestigation; probe; examination; inquiry;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

Words derived from “socken”

Every word from Ancient Greek σύκχος →Every word from Latin soccus →Every word from Proto-Germanic sukkaz →