Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/askalauk

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

Etymology

Thought to be from *askā (“ash”) +‎ *lauk (“leek”), a corruption of Late Latin escalōnia, ellipsis of Latin Ascalōnia (cēpa) (“(onion) of Ashkelon”).

Noun

*askalauk m

1. shallot

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*askalauk
Genitive	*askalaukas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*askalauk	*askalaukō, *askalaukōs
Accusative	*askalauk	*askalaukā
Genitive	*askalaukas	*askalaukō
Dative	*askalaukē	*askalaukum
Instrumental	*askalauku	*askalaukum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: asklōk
  • Middle Low German: anslôk, aschlôk
• Old Dutch: *asklōk
  • Middle Dutch: *aschlook
    • Dutch: eslook
• Old High German: asklouh, asclouh
  • Middle High German: aschlouch, anschlouk
    • German: Aschlauch, Eschlauch (archaic)