CilmeFrom Proto-Indo-European *ḱak- (“branch, stick”) (whence also sakne (q.v.)) from Proto-Indo-European *kek- / *ḱek- / *kekʰ- / *ḱekʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian šaka (“branch”). Semantic development: branch > parting place of two branches > the two beams around a horse's neck. Along with šak- > sak-, there is cak-/čak-, cf. čaka (“a stick with an offshoot to use as its handle”) whence čakarēt. See Russian соха (soxa) for additional cognates.
- declension-4, femininecollar (for a horse)
Formas-(nominative, singular) · sakas(nominative, plural) · -(genitive, singular) · saku(genitive, plural) · -(dative, singular) · sakām(dative, plural) · -(accusative, singular) · sakas(accusative, plural) · -(instrumental, singular) · sakām(instrumental, plural) · -(locative, singular) · sakās(locative, plural) · -(singular, vocative) · sakas(plural, vocative)
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