Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/akraną

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/akraną

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

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂; compare Proto-Celtic *agrinyos (“~ sloe, small plum, berry”), Latvian ôga, Lithuanian úoga, Proto-Slavic *àgo-da (“fruit, berry”), Tocharian B oko (“fruit”).

Noun

*akraną n[1]

1. fruit of a tree
2. nut or mast, especially an acorn

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *akraną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*akraną	*akranō
vocative	*akraną	*akranō
accusative	*akraną	*akranō
genitive	*akranas, *akranis	*akranǫ̂
dative	*akranai	*akranamaz
instrumental	*akranō	*akranamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *akarn, *akran, *akrun, *akrin
  • Old English: æcern, æceran, æceren, æcirn
    • Middle English: acorn
      • English: acorn
      • Scots: aicorn
  • Old Frisian: *akern
    • Saterland Frisian: Äkkene
    • West Frisian: aker
  • Old Saxon: *akeran, *ekerin
    • Middle Low German: ākeren, ackeren, ēkeren, eckeren
      • German Low German: Ecker
      • Low German: eckeren
  • Old Dutch: *akeran
    • Middle Dutch: aecker, aker
      • Dutch: aker
  • Old High German: *akeran, *ekerin
    • Middle High German: ackeran, eckeren, eckern, ecker
      • German: Ackeran, Ecker
  • → Old French: aigrun
• Old Norse: akarn
  • Icelandic: akarn
  • Faroese: akarn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: åkorn
  • Swedish: akarn
  • Danish: agern
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 (akran)

References

1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*akrana-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 18