Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/alkǭ

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

Alternative forms

  • *allakǭ, *alukǭ

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“a kind of bird”).

Noun

*alkǭ f[1]

  1. (North Germanic) a kind of sea bird, auk

Inflection

Declension of *alkǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *alkǭ *alkōniz
vocative *alkǭ *alkōniz
accusative *alkōnų *alkōnunz
genitive *alkōniz *alkōnǫ̂
dative *alkōni *alkōmaz
instrumental *alkōnē *alkōmiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: alka
    • Icelandic: álka
      • → English: auk
    • Faroese: álka
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: alke, alka; (dialectal) ålke
    • Swedish: alka
    • Danish: alke
      • Norwegian Bokmål: alke
    • →⇒ Irish: falcóg

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*alkōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 23
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