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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ankulaz
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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
Alternative forms
- *ankilaz
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“joint; to bend”) + *-ulaz.
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *ankulaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *ankulaz | *ankulōz, *ankulōs | |
| vocative | *ankul | *ankulōz, *ankulōs | |
| accusative | *ankulą | *ankulanz | |
| genitive | *ankulas, *ankulis | *ankulǫ̂ | |
| dative | *ankulai | *ankulamaz | |
| instrumental | *ankulō | *ankulamiz | |
Related terms
Descendants
Several of these descendants may have been modified through folk etymology, in which the word was analysed as "on-claw", *ana (“on”) + *klawō (“claw”). An alternative explanation is that they are compounds of *ankulaz with *klawō, or similar terms that were confused with them.
- Proto-West Germanic: *ankul, *ankil
- Old Norse: ǫkkla, ǫkla f, ǫkli m
- Icelandic: ökla, ökli, ökkli
- Faroese: økil, økul
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