Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/auk
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-. Alternatively reconstructed as Pre-Germanic *h₂ew (“away, again”) + *ge (intensifier); compare Ancient Greek αὖ (aû, “again”), γε (ge, “at least, at any rate”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adverb
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *auk
- Proto-Norse: ᛅᚢᚴ (auk)
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌺 (auk)
Conjunction
*auk[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*auke”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 42
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 172: “PGmc *auk”