Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kagô

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

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.ɡɔːː/

Noun

*kagô m

  1. bush
  2. stalk, stem
  3. treestump

Inflection

Declension of *kagô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kagô *kaganiz
vocative *kagô *kaganiz
accusative *kaganų *kaganunz
genitive *kaginiz *kaganǫ̂
dative *kagini *kagammaz
instrumental *kaginē *kagammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kagō
    • Old English: *ċeaga
      • ⇒ Old English: ċeacga
        • Middle English: *chagge
    • Old High German: *kago
      • Middle High German: *kage, *kag
        • German: Kag
        • Bavarian: Kag
  • Old Norse: *kagi
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kage (dialectal)
    • Swedish: kage (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Old Norse: *kaggi (diminutive)
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: kagge
      • → Middle English: *kagge, *kag
        • English: cag, kag (“stump of a branch, knob”)
    • ⇒? Old Norse: kaggi (“cask, keg”, literally “little stump”)
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