sake

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• /ˈseɪ̯k/
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From Middle English sake (“sake, cause”), from Old English sacu (“cause, lawsuit, legal action, complaint, issue, dispute”), from Proto-West Germanic *saku, from Proto-Germanic *sakō (“affair, thing, charge, accusation, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh2g- (“to investigate”). Akin to West Frisian saak (“cause; business”), Low German Saak, Dutch zaak (“matter; cause; business”), German Sache (“thing; matter; cause; legal cause”), Danish sag, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish sak, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌾𐍉 (sakjō, “dispute, argument”), Old English sōcn (“inquiry, prosecution”), Old English sēcan (“to seek”). More at soke, soken, seek.

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: غاية (ḡāya) — cause, interest or account
• Arabic: غَرَض (ḡaraḍ) — cause, interest or account
• Arabic: قَصْد (qaṣd) — cause, interest or account
• Arabic: مَصْلَحَة (maṣlaḥa) — cause, interest or account
• Bulgarian: мотив (motiv) — cause, interest or account
• Bulgarian: цел (cel) — cause, interest or account
• Danish: skyld — cause, interest or account
• Finnish: syy — cause, interest or account
• Finnish: tähden — cause, interest or account
• German: Sinn — cause, interest or account
• German: Ziel — cause, interest or account
• Italian: causa — cause, interest or account
• Khmer: ប្រយោជន៍ (prɑyaoc) — cause, interest or account
• Latin: gratias — cause, interest or account
• Latin: grātia — cause, interest or account
• Polish: wzgląd — cause, interest or account
• Portuguese: causa — cause, interest or account
• Portuguese: causa — cause, interest or account
• Portuguese: interesse — cause, interest or account
• Russian: причи́на (pričína) — cause, interest or account
• Spanish: causa — cause, interest or account
• Spanish: gracia — cause, interest or account
• Swedish: skull — cause, interest or account
• Turkish: gaye — cause, interest or account
• Turkish: kast — cause, interest or account
• Bulgarian: причина (pričina) — purpose or end; reason
• Bulgarian: име (ime) — purpose or end; reason
• Danish: skyld — purpose or end; reason
• Dutch: -halve — purpose or end; reason
• Dutch: wille — purpose or end; reason
• Khmer: ប្រយោជន៍ (prɑyaoc) — purpose or end; reason
• Latin: grātia — purpose or end; reason
• Portuguese: razão — purpose or end; reason
• Portuguese: motivo — purpose or end; reason
• Russian: причи́на (pričína) — purpose or end; reason
• Russian: моти́в (motív) — purpose or end; reason
• Russian: цель (celʹ) — purpose or end; reason
• Spanish: razón — purpose or end; reason
• Spanish: motivo — purpose or end; reason
• Spanish: gracia — purpose or end; reason
• Walloon: idêye — purpose or end; reason
• Walloon: såme — purpose or end; reason
• Bulgarian: полза (polza) — benefit
• Bulgarian: благо (blago) — benefit
• Danish: skyld — benefit
• Finnish: etu — benefit
• German: Vorteil — benefit
• Japanese: -のために — benefit
• Khmer: ប្រយោជន៍ (prɑyaoc) — benefit
• Latin: grātia — benefit
• Portuguese: bem — benefit
• Portuguese: benefício — benefit
• Russian: бла́го (blágo) — benefit
• Spanish: bien — benefit
• Spanish: gracia — benefit
• Spanish: bienestar — benefit
• Spanish: beneficio — benefit
• Swedish: skull — benefit
• Turkish: menfaat — benefit
• Ukrainian: користь (korystʹ) — benefit
• Latin: gratia — contention, strife; guilt
• Spanish: gracia — contention, strife; guilt