Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnakkô

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 *knog-, *kneg- (“back of the head, nape, neck”), from *ken- (“to press, pinch, buckle, kink”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxnɑk.kɔːː/

Noun

*hnakkô m

(anatomy) the back of the neck; nape

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *hnakkô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hnakkô	*hnakkaniz
vocative	*hnakkô	*hnakkaniz
accusative	*hnakkanų	*hnakkanunz
genitive	*hnakkiniz	*hnakkanǫ̂
dative	*hnakkini	*hnakkammaz
instrumental	*hnakkinē	*hnakkammiz

Related terms

*hnakkaz

Descendants

Old English: *hnæcca, hnecca
- Middle English: nakke, nekke, necke, nicke
  - Scots: nek
  - English: 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
- Middle Dutch: nacke, nac, necke, nack, neck, nick
  - Dutch: nek
    - Afrikaans: nek
- Limburgish: nak
Old High German: *hnahho, hnach-, hnacch-, hnac, nach, nac, nak
- Middle High German: knac, nacke, nac
  - German: Nacken
  - Vilamovian: naoka
  - Yiddish: נאַקן‎ (nakn)
Old Norse: hnakki
- Icelandic: hnakki
- Faroese: nakki
- Norwegian: nakke
- Old Swedish: nakke
  - Swedish: nacke
- Old Danish: nakkæ
  - Danish: nakke

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