sake

Meaning

Noun

• cause, interest or account
• purpose or end; reason
• the benefit or regard of someone or something
• contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge
• Alternate spelling of saké

Origin

• From Middle English sake, from Old English sacu, from Proto-Germanic *sakō, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g-. Akin to West Frisian saak, Low German Saak, Dutch zaak, German Sache, Danish sag, Swedish and Norwegian sak, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌾𐍉, Old English sōcn ("inquiry, prosecution"), Old English sēcan. More at soke, soken, seek.