Proto-Japanese: *sáki
Meaning: fortune, luck
Russian meaning: счастье, удача
Old Japanese: sakji
Comments: JLTT 517. Cf. also *saki-pap-, *sákár- 'flourish', *sakaja- 'prosper': these all may be derived from the same root *sak-, but mergers with the root *sák- 'to blossom' were also possible.