Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiks
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
*aiks f[1]
Inflection edit
consonant stemDeclension of *aiks (consonant stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *aiks | *aikiz | |
vocative | *aik | *aikiz | |
accusative | *aikų | *aikunz | |
genitive | *aikiz | *aikǫ̂ | |
dative | *aiki | *aikumaz | |
instrumental | *aikē | *aikumiz |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *aik
- Old Norse: eik
- → Proto-Samic: *(h)ājkkë (see there for further descendants)