Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aikwernô
Appearance
Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“squirrel”). The first component may be Proto-Germanic *aiks (“oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ-, or from the root of Old English ācol (“trembling, fearful”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyg- (“move quickly, stir, tremble”), cognate with Ancient Greek αἰγίς (aigís); or, after Seebold 1982, it may be from a PIE form *(w)oy-wr̥- (cf. Russian ве́верица (véverica, “squirrel”), Latin viverra (“ferret”), Proto-Celtic *wiweros (“squirrel”), etc.), with *w > *k regular between a resonant and *u by the law he proposes in place of Cowgill's law.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*aikwernô m[1]
Inflection
[edit]masculine an-stemDeclension of *aikwernô (masculine an-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *aikwernô | *aikwernaniz | |
vocative | *aikwernô | *aikwernaniz | |
accusative | *aikwernanų | *aikwernanunz | |
genitive | *aikwirniniz | *aikwernanǫ̂ | |
dative | *aikwirnini | *aikwernammaz | |
instrumental | *aikwirninē | *aikwernammiz |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *aikwernō
- Old Norse: íkorni