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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiks

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑi̯ks/

Noun

*aiks f [1]

  1. oak tree
  2. oak (wood)

Inflection
consonant stemDeclension of *aiks (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *aiks *aikiz
vocative *aik *aikiz
accusative *aikų *aikunz
genitive *aikiz *aikǫ̂
dative *aiki *aikumaz
instrumental *aikē *aikumiz

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old English: āc, ǣċ, aac
  • Old Frisian: ēk
    • North Frisian: ik
    • Saterland Frisian: Eeke
    • West Frisian: iik
  • Old Saxon: ēk
    • Middle Low German: êke, êk
      • German Low German: Eek
      • Low German: Eek
      • Plautdietsch: Ieekj
  • Old Dutch: *eik, *ēk
  • Old High German: eih
    • Middle High German: eich
  • Old Norse: eik
    • Icelandic: eik
    • Faroese: eik
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: eik
    • Norwegian Bokmål: eik
    • Old Swedish: ēk
      • Swedish: ek
    • Danish: eg
    • Gutnish: aik
    • Westrobothnian: eik

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aik-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 9
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