From en.wiktionary.org:
[sockel]
** German
*** Etymology
[de], from [de], from [de], diminutive of [la].
*** Pronunciation
- [de]
- [de]
- [de]
*** Noun
[m]
1. base
2. pedestal , plinth
3. [de] socket for a chip or CPU
**** Declension
[m]
**** Derived terms
- [de]
**** Descendants
- [is]
- [no] [nb]
- [ru]
- [sh]
- [sv]
- [fi]
*** Further reading
- [R:de:Duden]
- [R:de:DWDS]
- [lang=de]