Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/akr

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *akraz.

Noun edit

*akr m^[1]

field, open land
Synonym: *felþu
acre (measure of land)

Inflection edit

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*akr
Genitive	*akras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*akr	akrō, akrōs
Accusative	*akr	*akrā
Genitive	*akras	*akrō
Dative	*akrē	*akrum
Instrumental	*akru	*akrum

Alternative reconstructions edit

*akkr^[1]

Descendants edit

Old English: æcer
- Middle English: aker, acre
  - English: acre, aker; acer
    - → 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

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54: “PWGmc *akr, *akkra-”

[DOE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54: “PWGmc *akr, *akkra-”

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