Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aggju

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *agjō.

Noun[edit]

*aggju f[1]

  1. edge, corner

Inflection[edit]

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *aggju
Genitive *aggjā
Singular Plural
Nominative *aggju *aggjō
Accusative *aggjā *aggjā
Genitive *aggjā *aggjō
Dative *aggjē *aggjōm, *aggjum
Instrumental *aggju *aggjōm, *aggjum

Descendants[edit]

  • Old English: eċġ
    • Middle English: egge
  • Old Frisian: egg, eg, egge
  • Old Saxon: eggia
  • Old Dutch: *egga
  • Old High German: egga, ecka
    • Middle High German: egge, ecke
      • Central Franconian:
        Hunsrik: Eck
        Luxembourgish: Eck
      • East Central German:
        Vilamovian: ekk
      • German: Ecke
      • Rhine Franconian: Eck
      • Yiddish: עק (ek)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 285:PWGmc *agʲgʲu