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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/alkǭ
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“a kind of bird”).
Noun
*alkǭ f[1]
- a kind of sea bird, auk
Inflection
| ōn-stemDeclension of *alkǭ (ōn-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *alkǭ | *alkōniz | |
| vocative | *alkǭ | *alkōniz | |
| accusative | *alkōnų | *alkōnunz | |
| genitive | *alkōniz | *alkōnǫ̂ | |
| dative | *alkōni | *alkōmaz | |
| instrumental | *alkōnē | *alkōmiz | |
Descendants
- Old Norse: alka
- Icelandic: álka
- → English: auk
- Faroese: álka
- Norwegian Nynorsk: alke; (dialectal) ålke
- Norwegian Bokmål: alke
- Swedish: alka
- → Dutch: alk
- → German: Alk
- Danish: alke
- Icelandic: álka
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*alkōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 23