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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 *h₂éǵros, possibly from *h₂eǵ-.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*akraz m[1]
- field, open land
Inflection
Declension of *akraz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*akraz
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*akrōz, *akrōs
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vocative
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*akr
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*akrōz, *akrōs
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accusative
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*akrą
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*akranz
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genitive
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*akras, *akris
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*akrǫ̂
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dative
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*akrai
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*akramaz
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instrumental
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*akrō
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*akramiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *akr, *akkr
- Old Norse: akr, ákr
- Icelandic: akur
- Faroese: akur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: åker; (dialectal) åkur, åkr
- Old Swedish: aker
- Old Danish: akær
- Danish: ager
- Norwegian Bokmål: aker (obsolete)
- → Norman: acre
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐍃 (akrs)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*akra- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 18