Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/auk
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew (“away, again”) + *ge (intensifier); compare Ancient Greek αὖ (aû, “again”), γε (ge, “at least, at any rate”), also found as Ancient Greek αὖγε (aûge).[1] But compare also Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *auk
- Old Norse: auk, ok
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌺 (auk)
Conjunction[edit]
*auk[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 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”