Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ankurō

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ankurô.

Noun

*ankurō m

1. anchor

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ankurō
Genitive	*ankurini, *ankuran
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ankurō	*ankuran
Accusative	*ankuran	*ankuran
Genitive	*ankurini, *ankuran	*ankuranō
Dative	*ankurini, *ankuran	*ankurum
Instrumental	*ankurini, *ankuran	*ankurum

Descendants

• 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)