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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/agjō

This Proto-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-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
  • *agjōną (“to harrow”)
  • *Agjōberhtaz
    • Old English: Ecgberht
    • Old High German: Ekkebert
      • German: Eckbert
  • *Agjōharduz
  • *agjōstainaz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *aggju
    • Old English: eċġ
    • Old Frisian: egg, eg, egge
      • Saterland Frisian: Ägge
      • West Frisian: igge
    • Old Saxon: eggia
      • Middle Low German: egge, egke, ecke
    • Old Dutch: *egga
    • Old High German: egga, ecka
      • Middle High German: egge, ecke
        • Central Franconian:
          Hunsrik: Eck
          Luxembourgish: Eck
        • East Central German:
          Vilamovian: ekk
        • German: Ecke
        • Rhine Franconian: Eck
        • Yiddish: עק (ek)
  • Old Norse: egg
    • Icelandic: egg
    • Faroese: egg
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: egg
    • Dalian: egg
    • Old Swedish: eg
    • Danish: æg
      • Norwegian Bokmål: egg
  • → Proto-Samic: *āvjō (see there for further descendants)
  • → Proto-Finnic: *akja (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*agjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 4
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