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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aikwernô

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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

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯.kʷer.nɔːː/

Noun

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*aikwernô m[1]

  1. squirrel

Inflection

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masculine an-stemDeclension of *aikwernô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *aikwernô *aikwernaniz
vocative *aikwernô *aikwernaniz
accusative *aikwernanų *aikwernanunz
genitive *aikwirniniz *aikwernanǫ̂
dative *aikwirnini *aikwernammaz
instrumental *aikwirninē *aikwernammiz

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*aikwernan- ~ *īkurnan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 10