Sake Definition
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Sake
Origin of Sake
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From Middle English sake (“sake, cause"), from Old English sacu (“cause, lawsuit, legal action, complaint, issue, dispute"), from Proto-Germanic *sakō (“affair, thing, charge, accusation, matter"), from Proto-Indo-European *sag- (“to investigate"). Akin to West Frisian saak, Low German sake, Dutch zaak "cause, thing", German Sache "thing, legal cause", Danish sag, Swedish sak, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌾𐍉 (sakjo, “dispute, argument"), Old English sōcn (“inquiry, prosecution"), Old English sÄ“can (“to seek"). More at soke, soken, seek.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English lawsuit, guilt from Old English sacu sāg- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Japanese é…’ (さけ, sake), any alcoholic drink.
From Wiktionary
Japanese
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
