Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/anadrekō

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

Etymology

    From *anad (duck) +‎ *rekō (king, ruler, leader), from Proto-Germanic *rekô.

    Noun

    *anadrekō m

    1. male duck, drake

    Inflection

    Masculine an-stem
    Singular
    Nominative *anadrekō
    Genitive *anadrikini, *anadrekan
    Singular Plural
    Nominative *anadrekō *anadrekan
    Accusative *anadrekan *anadrekan
    Genitive *anadrikini, *anadrekan *anadrekanō
    Dative *anadrikini, *anadrekan *anadrekum
    Instrumental *anadrikini, *anadrekan *anadrekum

    Descendants

    • Old English: *andraca, *draca
    • Old Frisian: *enderka
      • North Frisian:
        Söl'ring: En'erk (possibly borrowed from Danish)
      • West Frisian: jerke, jerk
    • Old Saxon: *anadreko, *anadrako
      • Middle Low German: āntreke, āntdrāke, āndrake, ānderik, ēnderik
    • Old Dutch: *enedreko, *anadrako
    • Old High German: anutrehho, anutrecho
      • Middle High German: antreche, antrach, antreich, antrech, entrech, entreich
        • Alemannic German: Antrech, Trech, Rech
        • Central Franconian:
        • East Central German:
        • German: Enterich