Feminine

Socke

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sock

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Basel-Landschaft

sogge

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈzɔkə/

Inherited from Middle High German

Inherited from Old High German

Cognate with Scots

Cognate with Western Frisian

Cognate with Dutch

Cognate with English

Cognate with Danish

Cognate with Swedish

Cognate with Icelandic

In summary

From Middle High German socke, from Old High German soc, a West Germanic borrowing from Latin soccus (“a light shoe or slipper, buskin”), from Ancient Greek σύκχος (súkkhos, “a kind of shoe”), probably from Phrygian or from an Anatolian language. Cognate with Scots sok (“sock, stocking”), West Frisian sok (“sock”), Dutch sok (“sock”), English sock, Danish sok, sokke (“sock”), Swedish sock, socka (“sock”), Icelandic sokkur (“sock”).