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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/agjō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑɣ.jɔː/

Noun

*agjō f [1]

  1. edge, corner

Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *agjō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *agjō *agjôz
vocative *agjō *agjôz
accusative *agjǭ *agjōz
genitive *agjōz *agjǫ̂
dative *agjōi *agjōmaz
instrumental *agjō *agjōmiz

Derived terms
  • *Agjōberhtaz
  • *Agjōharduz

Descendants
  • Old English: eċġ
  • Old Frisian: egg, eg, egge
    • Saterland Frisian: Ägge
    • West Frisian: igge
  • Old Saxon: eggia
    • Middle Low German: egge, egke, ecke
      • German Low German: Eck
      • Plautdietsch: Agj, Akj
  • Old Dutch: *egga
  • Old High German: egga, ecka
    • Middle High German: egge, ecke
  • Old Norse: egg (see there for further descendants)
  • → Northern Sami: ávju

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*agjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 4
  2. http://gtb.inl.nl/iWDB/search?actie=article&wdb=WNT&id=M015725
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