Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/inkô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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Proto-GermanicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁engō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eng-. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic ѩдза (jędza, “illness, disease”), Lithuanian éngti (“to press, strangle”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈiŋ.kɔːː/

NounEdit

*inkô m

1. grief, ache, regret

InflectionEdit

Declension of *inkô (masculine an-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*inkô	*inkaniz
vocative	*inkô	*inkaniz
accusative	*inkanų	*inkanunz
genitive	*inkiniz	*inkanǫ̂
dative	*inkini	*inkammaz
instrumental	*inkinē	*inkammiz

Related termsEdit

• *inkaz
• *inkiją

DescendantsEdit

• Old English: inca
  • Middle English: inke
    • Scots: inklin
    • English: inkling
• Old Norse: ekki
  • Icelandic: ekki
  • Faroese: ekki
  • Norwegian nynorsk: ikkje
  • Norwegian bokmål: ikke
  • Swedish: icke
  • Danish: ikke

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