Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jeuką

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

From Proto-Indo-European *yéwgom. Cognate with Ancient Greek Ancient Greek ζεῦγος (zeûgos, “yoke (of beasts), pair, team”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjeu̯.kɑ̃/

Noun

*jeuką n

1. (West Germanic) team of draft animals, pair of oxen

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *jeuką (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*jeuką	*jeukō
vocative	*jeuką	*jeukō
accusative	*jeuką	*jeukō
genitive	*jeukas, *jiukis	*jeukǫ̂
dative	*jiukai	*jeukamaz
instrumental	*jeukō	*jeukamiz

Related terms

• *jaukijaz
• *juką
• *jukô
  • Old Norse: oki (“cross-piece”), ⇒ jafnoki (“even match”)
• *jukǭ
  • ⇒ Gothic: 𐌲𐌰-𐌾𐌿𐌺𐍉 (ga-jukō, “female companion; parable”)
• *jukuzī

Descendants

Although the German reflex has different meaning, it must have gone through an intermediate stage of "yoked animals" > "area that a yoke can plow", just as English acre(age) stands for the specific "area that a yoke can plow".

• Proto-West Germanic: *jeuk
  • Old High German: *jiuh
    • Middle High German: jiuch (“acreage”)