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Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *sēk(')-

Meaning: slow, quiet

Old Greek: hom. [ē̂]ka `still, leise, sacht, schwach, langsam'; comp. hḗssōn, att. hḗttōn `schwächer, geringer', hē̂ssa, att. hē̂tta, gen -ǟs f. 'defeat, discomfilure'; akalá-rroo-, akala-rrẹ̄́tǟ-s `sanft fliessend ?', akalós = hēsükhós, malakós Hsch.; adv. ákaska, akaskā̂i̯ `sanft, ruhig', akéōn, -éọ̄sa `schweigend, stumm', adv. akǟ́n, akǟ̂ `id.'

Germanic: *sagg-ō- vb., *sakk-ō- vb.

Latin: sēgnis, -e `langsam, schläfrig, träge'

Russ. meaning: медленный, спокойный

References: WP II 474

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Proto-Germanic: *saggōn-, *sakkōn-

Meaning: move slowly

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Norwegian: sakka; dial. sagga `langsam gehen, zögern'

Swedish: sakka `sich sanft bewegen, sich niedersenken', dial. sagga `gemächtlich arbeiten, nicht fertig werden'

Danish: sakke

Middle English: saggen `sich senken'

English: sag

Dutch: zakken

Middle Low German: sacken `zinken, zakken'

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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1668

Root: sēk-3

English meaning: quiet, lazy

German meaning: `nachlassen, träge, ruhig'

Material: Gr. hom. ἦκα `still, leise, sacht, schwach, langsam', ἤκιστος `langsamster', att. ἥκιστα `am wenigsten, gar nicht', hom. ἥσσων, att. ἥττων `schwächer, geringer'; reduktionsstufig hom.ἀκέων `schweigend' = Adverb. ἀκήν, später als Objekt, dor. ἀκα̃ (Instr.) `ruhig, stillschweigend', ἀκαλά-ρροος, ἀκαλα-ρρείτης `sanft fließend', vielleicht ἄκασκα, ἀκασκᾳ̃ `sacht';

lat. sēgnis (*sēknis) `langsam, schläfrig, träge'.

Erweiterung von 2. *sē(i)- `nachlassen'.

References: WP. II 474, WH. II 510; M. Leumann, Homer. Wörter 166 f., Frisk 52.

Pages: 896

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