Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ankulaz

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 reconstructions

  • *ankilaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“joint; to bend”) +‎ *-ulaz. Particularly close cognate with Sanskrit अङ्गुरि (aṅgúri, “finger, toe, digit”).[1]

Noun

*ankulaz m[1]

  1. ankle

Inflection

Declension of *ankulaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *ankulaz *ankulōz, *ankulōs
vocative *ankul *ankulōz, *ankulōs
accusative *ankulą *ankulanz
genitive *ankulas, *ankulis *ankulǫ̂
dative *ankulai *ankulamaz
instrumental *ankulō *ankulamiz

Descendants

Several of these descendants may have been modified through folk etymology, in which the word was analysed as "on-claw", *ana (“on”) + *klawō (“claw”). An alternative explanation is that they are compounds of *ankulaz with *klawō, or similar terms that were confused with them.

  • Proto-West Germanic: *ankul, *ankil
  • Old Norse: ǫkkla, ǫkla f, ǫkli m
    • Icelandic: ökla, ökli, ökkli
    • Faroese: økil, økul

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ankula-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 29
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