Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/akraz

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑk.rɑz/

Noun

*akraz m

1. field, open land

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *akraz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*akraz	*akrōz, *akrōs
vocative	*akr	*akrōz, *akrōs
accusative	*akrą	*akranz
genitive	*akras, *akris	*akrǫ̂
dative	*akrai	*akramaz
instrumental	*akrō	*akramiz

Derived terms

• *akramann-
• *akrawerką

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *akr, *akkr
  • Old English: æcer
    • Middle English: aker, acre
      • English: acre, aker (archaic); acer (-er form, chiefly UK)
        • → Irish: acra
        • Norwegian Bokmål: acre
        • Malay: ekar
      • Scots: acre, acker, ackre, accre, aacre, awker
        • →? Scottish Gaelic: acaire, acair
      • Yola: aager
      • → Welsh: acer
    • Norman: acre
  • Old Frisian: ekker
    • Saterland Frisian: Äkker
    • West Frisian: eker, ikker
  • Old Saxon: akkar
    • Middle Low German: acker
      • Low German: Acker
      • Plautdietsch: Aka
  • Old Dutch: accar, ackar (in placenames)
    • Middle Dutch: acker
      • Dutch: akker
        • Afrikaans: akker
        • Negerhollands: akker
        • → Min Nan: kah
  • Old High German: ackar
    • Middle High German: acker
      • Cimbrian: akhar
      • German: Acker
      • Luxembourgish: Aker
• Old Norse: akr, ákr
  • Icelandic: akur
  • Faroese: akur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: åker; (dialectal) åkur, åkr
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: åker
  • Old Swedish: aker
    • Swedish: åker
  • Old Danish: akær
    • Danish: ager
      • Norwegian Bokmål: aker (obsolete)
  • → Norman: acre
  • Elfdalian: åker
  • Scanian: ager
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐍃 (akrs)