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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱ-ih₂ ~ h₂ḱ-yéh₂-s, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*agjō f[1]
- edge, corner
Inflection
Declension of *agjō (ō-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*agjō
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*agjôz
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| vocative
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*agjō
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*agjôz
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| accusative
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*agjǭ
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*agjōz
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| genitive
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*agjōz
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*agjǫ̂
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| dative
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*agjōi
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*agjōmaz
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| instrumental
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*agjō
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*agjōmiz
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Derived terms
- *agjōną (“to harrow”)
- ?*Agilaz (“Arrow”)
- *Agjōberhtaz
- Old English: Ecgberht
- Old Dutch: *Eggiberht
- Middle Dutch: eggebert, eggebrecht
- Old High German: Ekkebert
- *Agjōharduz
- *agjōstainaz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *aggju
- Old English: eċġ
- Old Frisian: egg, eg, egge
- Saterland Frisian: Ägge
- West Frisian: igge
- Old Saxon: eggia
- Old Dutch: *egga
- Old High German: egga, ecka
- Middle High German: egge, ecke
- Central Franconian:
- Hunsrik: Eck
- Luxembourgish: Eck
- East Central German:
- Vilamovian: ekk
- German: Ecke
- Rhine Franconian: Eck
- Yiddish: עק (ek)
- Old Norse: egg
- Icelandic: egg
- Faroese: egg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: egg
- Dalian: egg
- Old Swedish: eg
- Danish: æg
- → Proto-Samic: *āvjō (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Finnic: *akja (see there for further descendants)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*agjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 4