Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hakô
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]
Inflection
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | *hakô | *hakaniz |
vocative | *hakô | *hakaniz |
accusative | *hakanų | *hakanunz |
genitive | *hakiniz | *hakanǫ̂ |
dative | *hakini | *hakammaz |
instrumental | *hakinē | *hakammiz |
Synonyms
- *hēkô
- *hōkaz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *hakō
- Old Norse: haki
References
- ↑ 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
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xakōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 154
- ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) “Keg, Keng, Kek, Kenk 2, Kag”, in An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 217