Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hnakkō

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

Alternative forms

• *hnekkō

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô, from Proto-Indo-European *kneg-.

Noun

*hnakkō m

1. nape (of the neck)
2. (by extension) neck

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hnakkō
Genitive	*hnakkini, *hnakkan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hnakkō	*hnakkan
Accusative	*hnakkan	*hnakkan
Genitive	*hnakkini, *hnakkan	*hnakkanō
Dative	*hnakkini, *hnakkan	*hnakkum
Instrumental	*hnakkini, *hnakkan	*hnakkum

Descendants

• Old English: *hnæcca, hnecca
  • Middle English: nekke, nake, nec, necke, nek, neke; nhicke, nykke (Kent)
    • English: neck
    • Scots: neck
    • Yola: neckarès (plural)
• Old Frisian: hnekka, nekke
  • North Frisian: neek, neeke, Nak
  • Saterland Frisian: Näcke, Näkke
  • West Frisian: nekke
• Old Saxon: *hnakko, *hnekko
  • Middle Low German: nacke, nëcke
    • German Low German: Nacke, Nack
    • Low German: nakke
    • Plautdietsch: Jenekj (?)
• Old Dutch: *nakko, nekko
  • Middle Dutch: nacke, nac, necke, nack, neck, nick
    • Dutch: nek
      • Afrikaans: nek
  • Limburgish: nak
• Old High German: *hnahho, hnach-, hnacch-, hnac, nach, nac, nak
  • Middle High German: knac, nacke, nac
    • German: Nacken
    • Vilamovian: naoka
    • Yiddish: נאַקן (nakn)