Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jekô

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁yeg-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈje.kɔːː/

Noun

*jekô m[1][2][3]

piece of ice
hoarfrost

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *jekô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*jekô	*jekaniz
vocative	*jekô	*jekaniz
accusative	*jekanų	*jekanunz
genitive	*jikiniz	*jekanǫ̂
dative	*jikini	*jekammaz
instrumental	*jikinē	*jekammiz

Derived terms

*jekulaz (“icicle”)

Descendants

German: Jäch (dialectal)
Old Norse: jaki
- Icelandic: jaki
- Norwegian Nynorsk: jake; (dialectal) jaki, jaka
- Westrobothnian: jeka (verb)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959), “*i̯eg-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 503
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*jeka(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273
Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*jekōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 206

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “*i̯eg-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 503

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*jeka(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273

[3] Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*jekōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 206