Socke

Concepts

sock

stocking

home-made

hose

slipper

sock

Synonyms

Halbstrumpf

Strumpf

Kniestrumpf

Socken

Pantoffel

hausgemachte

Söckchen

Translations

chaussette

sok

calcetín

calzino

calza

meia

κάλτσα

mitjó

peúga

جوارب

media

bas

περιπόδιο

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

sogge

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈzɔkə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: socke

Inherited from Old High German: soc

Cognate with Scots: sok

Cognate with Western Frisian: foetsok

Cognate with Dutch: sok

Cognate with English: sock

Cognate with Danish: sok

Cognate with Swedish: sock

Cognate with Icelandic: sokkur

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”).