Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hnakkō

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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô, from Proto-Indo-European *kneg-.

Noun

*hnakkō m

  1. nape (of the neck)
  2. (by extension) neck

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *hnakkō
Genitive *hnakkini, *hnakkan
Singular Plural
Nominative *hnakkō *hnakkan
Accusative *hnakkan *hnakkan
Genitive *hnakkini, *hnakkan *hnakkanō
Dative *hnakkini, *hnakkan *hnakkum
Instrumental *hnakkini, *hnakkan *hnakkum

Descendants

  • Old English: *hnæcca, hnecca
    • Middle English: nekke, nake, nec, necke, nek, neke, nhicke, nykke (Kent)
      • English: neck
      • Scots: neck
  • Old Frisian: hnekka, nekke
    • North Frisian: neek, neeke, Nak
    • Saterland Frisian: Näcke, Näkke
    • West Frisian: nekke
  • Old Saxon: *hnakko, *hnekko
    • Middle Low German: nacke, nëcke
      • German Low German: Nacke, Nack
      • Low German: nakke
      • Plautdietsch: Jenekj (?)
  • Old Dutch: *nakko, nekko
  • Old High German: *hnahho, hnach-, hnacch-, hnac, nach, nac, nak
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