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

nape (of the neck)
(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
  - 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)

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