Sock

sock Alemannic German Alternative forms gsw Socke Sockä Socka Etymology From gsw gmh soc, from gsw goh soc, from gsw gmw-pro *sokk, from gsw gem-pro *sukkaz. Compare de Socke. Noun gsw noun m plural Socke or Sockä or Socka diminutive Söckli sock gsw Footwear Underwear Central Franconian Etymology From gmw-cfr gmh soc, from gmw-cfr goh soc, from gmw-cfr la soccus. Pronunciation gmw-cfr /zɔk/ Noun gmw-cfr noun f m plural Söck or Socke diminutive Söckche or Seckche gmw-cfr most dialects sock Usage notes The word was originally masculine in Ripuarian, but is now often feminine under standard German influence. In Ripuarian, the plural Söck is predominant (even with feminine gender), Socke is rarer. Moselle Franconian has only Socke. The diminutive is irregular. (The expected form is *Söckelche.) Plautdietsch Etymology From pdt osx sok, from pdt gmw-pro *sokk. Noun pdt noun f plural Socke sock foot pdt 1-syllable words