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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aikwernô
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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 *wer- (“squirrel”). The first component may be *aiks (“oak”) from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eig-; or, after Seebold 1982, it may be from a PIE form *(w)oy-wr̥- (cf. Russian веверица (veverica), Latin viverra, etc.), with *w > *k regular between a resonant and *u by the law he proposes in place of Cowgill's law.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯.kʷer.nɔːː/
Inflection
| masculine an-stemDeclension of *aikwernô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *aikwernô | *aikwernaniz | |
| vocative | *aikwernô | *aikwernaniz | |
| accusative | *aikwernanų | *aikwernanunz | |
| genitive | *aikwirniniz | *aikwernanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *aikwirnini | *aikwernammaz | |
| instrumental | *aikwirninē | *aikwernammiz | |
Descendants
- Old English: ācweorna, acƿeorna
- Middle English: acquerne
- Old Frisian: *ēkworna, *ēkhorna
- Saterland Frisian: *Eeker (in Kateeker ?)
- West Frisian: iikhoarn, iikhoarntsje
- Old Saxon: ēkhorn
- Middle Low German: ēkhorn, ekeren, eckeren, ēkerken, ekkern
- Dutch Low Saxon: Eekhoorntje
- German Low German: Ekkern
- Westphalian:
- Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Aik, Aikern
- Sauerländisch: Ēksken, Aikerte
- Middle Low German: ēkhorn, ekeren, eckeren, ēkerken, ekkern
- Old Dutch: *ēcorno
- Old High German: eihhorno, eihhurno
- Middle High German: eichurne
- Alemannic German: Eichhore
- German: Eichhorn
- ⇒ German: Eichhörnchen
- Middle High German: eichurne
- Old Norse: íkorni
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aikwernan- ~ *īkurnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 10
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