Proto-Germanic

*sōkijaną

‘to seek, look for’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną.

6 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną, most familiar first.

• seek ← seke ← sēċan ← *sōkijan
• soc ← soke ← sōcn ← *sōkni ← *sōkniz
• beseech ← besechen ← sēċan ← *sōkijan
• socage ← sokage ← soc ← sōcn ← *sōkni
• forseek ← *forseken ← forsēcan ← sēċan ← *sōkijan
• seech ← sēchen ← sēċan ← *sōkijan

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną