Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ankurô

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 Latin ancora.

Noun

*ankurô m

anchor

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *ankurô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ankurô	*ankuraniz
vocative	*ankurô	*ankuraniz
accusative	*ankuranų	*ankuranunz
genitive	*ankuriniz	*ankuranǫ̂
dative	*ankurini	*ankurammaz
instrumental	*ankurinē	*ankurammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *ankurō
- Old English: ancor, ancer, oncer
  - Middle English: anker, ancre, aunkir, ankor, ankur, ankir, ancher, ancour, hanker
    - English: anchor (see there for further descendants)
    - Scots: anchor, anker
- Old Frisian: anker, onker
  - West Frisian: anker
- Old Saxon: *ankaro
  - Middle High German: anker, ankor, ankar
- Old Dutch: *ankaro
  - Middle Dutch: anker
    - Dutch: anker
      - Afrikaans: anker
      - Negerhollands: anker, henka, heṅku
      - → Lokono: anker
      - → Indonesian: angker
      - → Papiamentu: anker
      - → Sranan Tongo: ankra (see there for further descendants)
- Old High German: ankero, anker
  - Middle High German: anker
    - German: Anker (see there for further descendants)
Old Norse: akkeri, atkeri
- Icelandic: akkeri
- Norwegian: anker, ankar
- Old Swedish: ankæri
  - Swedish: ankare, ankar
  - → Finnish: ankkuri
  - → Ingrian: ankkuri
  - → Estonian: ankur
  - → Old East Slavic: ѧкорь (ękorĭ)
    - Russian: якорь (jakorʹ)
      - → Kildin Sami: ёакар (jåkar)
      - → Uyghur: ياكور (yakor)
      - → Yakut: дьаакыр (jaakır)
    - Ukrainian: я́кір (jákir)
- Danish: anker