Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/akarn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

  • *akran, *akrun, *akrin

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *akraną.

Noun

*akarn n

  1. nut, mast, acorn

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Old English: æcern, æceran, æceren, æcirn
    • Middle English: acorn
      • English: acorn
      • Scots: aicorn
  • Old Frisian: *akern
    • Saterland Frisian: Äkkene
    • West Frisian: aker
  • Old Saxon: *akeran, *ekerin
    • Middle Low German: ākeren, ackeren, ēkeren, eckeren
      • German Low German: Ecker
      • Low German: eckeren
  • Old Dutch: *akeran
  • Old High German: *akeran, *ekerin
    • Middle High German: ackeran, eckeren, eckern, ecker
  • →? Old French: aigrun
    • Middle French: aigrun, aigrin, egrun
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