Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ankwō

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 Proto-Germanic *ankwô.

Noun

*ankwō m[1]

  1. butter
    Synonym: *buterā

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *ankwō
Genitive *ankwini, *ankwan
Singular Plural
Nominative *ankwō *ankwan
Accusative *ankwan *ankwan
Genitive *ankwini, *ankwan *ankwanō
Dative *ankwini, *ankwan *ankwum
Instrumental *ankwini, *ankwan *ankwum

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: *anko
    • Middle Low German: anke
  • Old High German: ancho, anco
    • Middle High German: anke
      • Alemannic German: Anke

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 79: “PWGmc *ankwō”
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