Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aikwernō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aikwernô.

Noun

*aikwernō m

1. squirrel

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*aikwernō
Genitive	*aikwirnini, *aikwernan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aikwernō	*aikwernan
Accusative	*aikwernan	*aikwernan
Genitive	*aikwirnini, *aikwernan	*aikwernanō
Dative	*aikwirnini, *aikwernan	*aikwernum
Instrumental	*aikwirnini, *aikwernan	*aikwernum

Descendants

• Old English: ācweorna, āqueorna, āquorna, ācurna, ācuaerna
  • Middle English: acquerne, aquerne, ocquerne, okerne, aquierne
    • >? English: con, conn (“squirrel”) (dialectal) (compare Old Norse íkorni)
    • >? Scots: con (“squirrel”) (compare Old Norse íkorni)
• Old Frisian: *ēkworna, *ēkhorna
  • Saterland Frisian: *Eker, *Eeker
    • >? Saterland Frisian: Katteker, Kateeker (compare German Eichkater)
  • West Frisian: iikhoarn
    • ⇒ West Frisian: iikhoarntsje
• Old Saxon: *ēkhorno
  • Middle Low German: êkhōrn, êkhōrne, eikhōrne, êkhorn, êkōrn, eikōrn, êkōrne, echhorne
    • ⇒ Dutch Low Saxon: Eekhoorntje
    • German Low German: Eekhoorn, Ekkern

      Westphalian:

      Ravensbergisch: Aik, Aikern

      Sauerländisch: Ēksken, Aikerte

      • ⇒ German Low German: Eekhoorntje
• Old Dutch: *ēcorno
  • Middle Dutch: êencōren
    • Dutch: eekhoorn
• Old High German: eihhorno, eihhurno
  • Middle High German: eichurne, eicher, eichorn
    • Alemannic German: Eichhore, Eichhörnli
    • German: Eichhorn, ⇒ Eichhörnchen
    • ⇒ Hunsrik: Eichhernche