Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/agjō

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

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑɣ.jɔː/

Noun

*agjō f

1. edge, corner

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *agjō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*agjō	*agjôz
vocative	*agjō	*agjôz
accusative	*agjǭ	*agjōz
genitive	*agjōz	*agjǫ̂
dative	*agjōi	*agjōmaz
instrumental	*agjō	*agjōmiz

Derived terms

• *agjōną (“to harrow”)
• *Agjōberhtaz
  • Old English: Ecgberht
    • English: Egbert
  • Old High German: Ekkebert
    • German: Eckbert
• *Agjōharduz
  • Old English: Ecgheard
  • Old High German: Ekkehard
    • German: Eckard
  • → Old Northern French: Achard
    • Norman: Achard
• *agjōstainaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *aggju
  • Old English: eċġ
    • Middle English: egge
      • English: edge
      • Scots: ege, egge
  • Old Frisian: egg, eg, egge
    • Saterland Frisian: Ägge
    • West Frisian: igge
  • Old Saxon: eggia
    • Middle Low German: egge, egke, ecke
      • German Low German: Eck
      • Plautdietsch: Agj, Akj
  • Old Dutch: *egga
    • Middle Dutch: egge
      • Dutch: egge, eg
  • 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)
• Old Norse: egg
  • Icelandic: egg
  • Faroese: egg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: egg
  • Dalian: egg
  • Old Swedish: eg
    • Swedish: egg
  • Danish: æg
    • Norwegian Bokmål: egg
• → Proto-Samic: *āvjō (see there for further descendants)
• → Proto-Finnic: *akja (see there for further descendants)