Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/auk

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 *auk.

Adverb

*auk

also, too

Descendants

Old English: ēac, ēk, ēc — Mercian, ǣac
- Middle English: ek, eek, eke
  - Scots: eik, ek
  - English: eek, eke
  - ⇒ Middle English: ekename
    - ⇒ English: nickname (via rebracketing)
Old Frisian: āk, ocke
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: uk
- Saterland Frisian: uk, ook
- West Frisian: ek
Old Saxon: ōk
- Middle Low German: ôk
  - Low German: ook
    - Dutch Low Saxon: ok, ook
    - German Low German: ok, auk, ouk, ock, ohk, ook
  - Plautdietsch: uk
Old Dutch: ōk
- Middle Dutch: ooc
  - Dutch: ook
    - Afrikaans: ook
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: oko
    - Jersey Dutch: ôk
    - Negerhollands: ook
    - Petjo: ook
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: oak
  - West Flemish: wok
Old High German: ouh
- Middle High German: ouch
  - Alemannic German: au
  - Cimbrian: òch
  - Central Franconian:
    - Hunsrik: aach
    - Luxembourgish: och
  - German: auch
  - Rhine Franconian:
    - Pennsylvania German: aa
  - Yiddish: אויך (oykh)