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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aikwernô

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 Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“squirrel”). The first component may be Proto-Germanic *aiks (“oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ-, or from the root of Old English ācol (“trembling, fearful”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyg- (“move quickly, stir, tremble”), cognate with Ancient Greek αἰγίς (aigís); or, after Seebold 1982, it may be from a PIE form *(w)oy-wr̥- (cf. Russian ве́верица (véverica, “squirrel”), Latin viverra (“ferret”), Proto-Celtic *wiweros (“squirrel”), etc.), with *w > *k regular between a resonant and *u by the law he proposes in place of Cowgill's law.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯.kʷer.nɔːː/

Noun

*aikwernô m[1]

  1. squirrel

Inflection
masculine an-stemDeclension of *aikwernô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *aikwernô *aikwernaniz
vocative *aikwernô *aikwernaniz
accusative *aikwernanų *aikwernanunz
genitive *aikwirniniz *aikwernanǫ̂
dative *aikwirnini *aikwernammaz
instrumental *aikwirninē *aikwernammiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *aikwernō
    • Old English: ācweorna, āqueorna, āquorna, ācurna, ācuaerna
      • Middle English: acquerne, aquerne, ocquerne, okerne, aquierne
        • >? English: con, conn (“squirrel”) (dialectal) (compare Old Norse íkorni)
        • >? Scots: con (“squirrel”) (compare Old Norse íkorni)
    • Old Frisian: *ēkworna, *ēkhorna
      • Saterland Frisian: *Eker, *Eeker
        • >? Saterland Frisian: Katteker, Kateeker (compare German Eichkater)
      • West Frisian: iikhoarn
    • Old Saxon: *ēkhorno
      • Middle Low German: êkhōrn, êkhōrne, eikhōrne, êkhorn, êkōrn, eikōrn, êkōrne, echhorne
        • ⇒ Dutch Low Saxon: Eekhoorntje
        • German Low German: Eekhoorn, Ekkern
          Westphalian:
          Ravensbergisch: Aik, Aikern
          Sauerländisch: Ēksken, Aikerte
          • ⇒ German Low German: Eekhoorntje
    • Old Dutch: *ēcorno
    • Old High German: eihhorno, eihhurno
  • Old Norse: íkorni

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aikwernan- ~ *īkurnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 10
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