Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/agjō

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

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑɣ.jɔː/

Noun

*agjō f[1]

edge, corner

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *agjō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*agjō	*agjôz
vocative	*agjō	*agjôz
accusative	*agjǭ	*agjōz
genitive	*agjōz	*agjǫ̂
dative	*agjōi	*agjōmaz
instrumental	*agjō	*agjōmiz

Derived terms

*agjōną (“to harrow”)
*Agjōberhtaz
- Old English: Ecgberht
  - English: Egbert
- Old High German: Ekkebert
  - German: Eckbert
*Agjōharduz
- Old English: Ecgheard
- Old High German: Ekkehard
  - German: Eckard
- → Old Northern French: Achard
  - Norman: Achard
*agjōstainaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *aggju
- Old English: eċġ
  - Middle English: egge
    - English: edge
    - Scots: ege, egge
- Old Frisian: egg, eg, egge
  - Saterland Frisian: Ägge
  - West Frisian: igge
- Old Saxon: eggia
  - Middle Low German: egge, egke, ecke
    - German Low German: Eck
    - Plautdietsch: Agj, Akj
- Old Dutch: *egga
  - Middle Dutch: egge
    - Dutch: egge, eg
- Old High German: egga, ecka
  - Middle High German: egge, ecke
    - Central Franconian:
      Hunsrik: Eck
      Luxembourgish: Eck
    - East Central German:
      Vilamovian: ekk
    - German: Ecke
    - Rhine Franconian: Eck
    - Yiddish: עק‎ (ek)
Old Norse: egg
- Icelandic: egg
- Faroese: egg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: egg
- Dalian: egg
- Westrobothnian: aigg
- Old Swedish: eg
  - Swedish: egg
- Danish: æg
  - Norwegian Bokmål: egg
(see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Finnic: *akja
→ Northern Sami: ávju

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*agjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 4

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*agjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 4