Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kagô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.ɡɔːː/

Noun

*kagô m

1. bush
2. stalk, stem
3. treestump

Inflection

Declension of *kagô (an-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kagô	*kaganiz
Vocative	*kagô	*kaganiz
Accusative	*kaganų	*kaganunz
Genitive	*kaginiz	*kaganǫ̂
Dative	*kagini	*kagammaz
Instrumental	*kaginē	*kagammiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kagō
  • Old English: *ċeaga
    • ⇒ Old English: ċeacga
      • Middle English: *chagge
        • English: chag
  • Old High German: *kago
    • Middle High German: *kage, *kag
      • German: Kag
      • Bavarian: Kag
• Old Norse: *kagi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kage (dialectal)
  • Swedish: kage (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Old Norse: *kaggi (diminutive)
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kagge
    • → Middle English: *kagge, *kag
      • English: cag, kag (“stump of a branch, knob”)
  • ⇒? Old Norse: kaggi (“cask, keg”, literally “little stump”)
    • Icelandic: kaggi m
    • Swedish: kagge c
    • → Middle English: *kagge, kag
      • English: keg, cag
      • Scots: cag, caig
    • → Old French: caque
      • Middle French: kaque, quaque
        • French: caque