Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aikwernō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *aikwernô.

Noun edit

*aikwernō m

squirrel

Inflection edit

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*aikwernō
Genitive	aikwernini, aikwernan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aikwernō	*aikwernan
Accusative	*aikwernan	*aikwernan
Genitive	aikwernini, aikwernan	*aikwernanō
Dative	aikwernini, aikwernan	*aikwernum
Instrumental	aikwernini, aikwernan	*aikwernum

Descendants edit

Old English: ācweorna, āqueorna, āquorna, ācurna, ācuaerna
- Middle English: acquerne, aquerne, ocquerne, okerne, aquierne
  - >? English: con, conn (“squirrel”) (dialectal) (compare Old Norse íkorni)
  - >? Scots: con (“squirrel”) (compare Old Norse íkorni)
Old Frisian: *ēkworna, *ēkhorna
- Saterland Frisian: *Eker, *Eeker
  - >? Saterland Frisian: Katteker, Kateeker (compare German Eichkater)
- West Frisian: iikhoarn
  - ⇒ West Frisian: iikhoarntsje
Old Saxon: *ēkhorno
- Middle Low German: êkhōrn, êkhōrne, eikhōrne, êkhorn, êkōrn, eikōrn, êkōrne, echhorne
  - ⇒ Dutch Low Saxon: Eekhoorntje
  - German Low German: Eekhoorn, Ekkern
    Westphalian:
    Ravensbergisch: Aik, Aikern
    Sauerländisch: Ēksken, Aikerte
    - ⇒ German Low German: Eekhoorntje
Old Dutch: *ēcorno
- Middle Dutch: êencōren
  - Dutch: eekhoorn
Old High German: eihhorno, eihhurno
- Middle High German: eichurne
  - Alemannic German: Eichhore
  - German: Eichhorn
    - ⇒ German: Eichhörnchen
  - ⇒ Hunsrik: Eichhernche