An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Socke

by Friedrich Kluge

Socke, f., ‘sock,’ from MidHG. soc (ck), socke, OHG. soccho, m., ‘stocking’; borrowed like Du. zok, E. sock, OIc. sokkr, from the Lat.-Rom. term soccus (Ital. socco, ‘light shoe worn by comedians,’ Fr. soc). It was introduced contemporaneously with the term derived from Lat. sûtor (see Schuster) and with Sohle (2). —