Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sark

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *sarcus, from Latin sarcophagus (“grave, sepulchre”).

Noun

*sark m

grave
coffin

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sark
Genitive	*sarkas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sark	sarkō, sarkōs
Accusative	*sark	*sarkā
Genitive	*sarkas	*sarkō
Dative	*sarkē	*sarkum
Instrumental	*sarku	*sarkum

Descendants

Old Frisian: serk
- West Frisian: sark
Old Saxon: sark
- Middle Low German: sark, saarck, sarc, sarik, sarich, sarek, serk
  - German Low German: Sark
Old Dutch: *sark
- Middle Dutch: sarc, serc
  - Dutch: zerk
Old High German: sark, sarc, sarh, saruh
- Middle High German: sarc, sarch
  - German: Sarg (see there for further descendants)
  - Hunsrik: Saarich, Sarrich

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