Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jeuką
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *yéwgom. Cognate with Ancient Greek Ancient Greek ζεῦγος (zeûgos, “yoke (of beasts), pair, team”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*jeuką n[1]
- (West Germanic) team of draft animals, pair of oxen
Inflection edit
neuter a-stemDeclension of *jeuką (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *jeuką | *jeukō | |
vocative | *jeuką | *jeukō | |
accusative | *jeuką | *jeukō | |
genitive | *jeukas, *jiukis | *jeukǫ̂ | |
dative | *jiukai | *jeukamaz | |
instrumental | *jeukō | *jeukamiz |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Although the German reflex has different meaning, it must have gone through an intermediate stage of "yoked animals" > "area that a yoke can plow", just as English acre(age) stands for the specific "area that a yoke can plow".
References edit
Categories:
- Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *yewg-
- Proto-Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Proto-Germanic lemmas
- Proto-Germanic nouns
- Proto-Germanic neuter nouns
- West Proto-Germanic
- Proto-Germanic a-stem nouns