Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hakô

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

Etymology

Appears to stem from a pre-Germanic *kh₂/₃k-on-, with no certain cognates outside of Germanic,[1] due to a degree of semantic uncertainty with words of similar sound and meaning in other branches. Orel compares Hittite [script needed] (kaka-, tooth) and Proto-Slavic *kogъtь (claw, talon).[2] The Germanic has been traditionally reconstructed further to a Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (peg; hook), and, in addition to the Slavic, compared with Persian چنگ (čang, claw, talon).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑ.kɔːː/

Noun

*hakô m[1]

  1. hook

Inflection

Declension of *hakô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hakô *hakaniz
vocative *hakô *hakaniz
accusative *hakanų *hakanunz
genitive *hakiniz *hakanǫ̂
dative *hakini *hakammaz
instrumental *hakinē *hakammiz

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hakō
  • Old Norse: haki

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hakan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 203
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xakōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 154
  3. ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) “Keg, Keng, Kek, Kenk 2, Kag”, in An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 217