Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiks

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

May be from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyǵs (“oak”), if related to the first component *αἴξ (*aíx) of Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps), from a root *h₂eyǵ- whence also Lithuanian áižuols, Latvian uôzuōls, Albanian enjë (< Proto-Albanian *aignjā) and possibly Latin aesculus (if earlier *aig-sculus). However all of the supposed Indo-European cognates are of unclear origin, and according to Kroonen this fact along with the root-noun inflection may be indicative of a non-Indo-European substrate origin; compare also Basque ezkur (“acorn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑi̯ks/

Noun

*aiks f

1. oak tree

   Synonym: *ferhuz

2. oak (wood)

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *aiks (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*aiks	*aikiz
vocative	*aik	*aikiz
accusative	*aikų	*aikunz
genitive	*aikiz	*aikǫ̂
dative	*aiki	*aikumaz
instrumental	*aikē	*aikumiz

Derived terms

• *aikīnaz
• *aikwernô (possibly)

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *aik
  • Old English: āc, ǣċ, aac
    • Middle English: ook, ok, ak, ake
      • English: oak
      • Scots: aik, ake; yik
  • Old Frisian: ēk
    • North Frisian: ik
    • Saterland Frisian: Eeke
    • West Frisian: iik
  • Old Saxon: ēk
    • Middle Low German: êke, êk
      • Low German: Eek
      • Plautdietsch: Ieekj
  • Old Dutch: *eik, *ēk
    • Middle Dutch: eike, êke
      • Dutch: eik, eek
        • Afrikaans: eik
  • Old High German: eih
    • Middle High German: eich
      • Bavarian: Oach

        Cimbrian: aicha

      • Central Franconian: Ääch, Eech, Eich

        Hunsrik: Eich

        Luxembourgish: Eech

      • East Central German:

        Upper Saxon German:

        Vilamovian: aach

      • East Franconian:
      • German: Eiche
      • Rhine Franconian: Ääch, Eech

        Frankfurterisch: Aasch [aːʃ]

• Old Norse: eik
  • Icelandic: eik f
  • Faroese: eik f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eik f
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: eik m or f
  • Old Swedish: ēk
    • Swedish: ek c
  • Danish: eg c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ek m
  • Gutnish: aik
• → Proto-Samic: *(h)ājkkë (see there for further descendants)