Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/arku

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 *arkō.

Noun edit

*arku f

chest

Inflection edit

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*arku
Genitive	*arkā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*arku	*arkō
Accusative	*arkā	*arkā
Genitive	*arkā	*arkō
Dative	*arkē	arkōm, arkum
Instrumental	*arku	arkōm, arkum

Descendants edit

Old English: earce, earc, erc f, ærc n
- Middle English: arke, ark
  - English: ark (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: airk
Old Frisian: arke
Old Saxon: *arka
- Middle Low German: arke, arche
Old Dutch: *arka
- Middle Dutch: arke
  - Dutch: ark
Old High German: arka, arca, archa
- Middle High German: arke, arc, arche, arch
  - German: Arche
    - → Luxembourgish: Arch