Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kagô

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

Unknown

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.ɡɔːː/

Noun

*kagô m

bush
stalk, stem
treestump

Inflection

Declension of *kagô (an-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kagô	*kaganiz
Vocative	*kagô	*kaganiz
Accusative	*kaganų	*kaganunz
Genitive	*kaginiz	*kaganǫ̂
Dative	*kagini	*kagammaz
Instrumental	*kaginē	*kagammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *kagō
- Old English: *ċeaga
  - ⇒ Old English: ċeacga
    - Middle English: *chagge
      - English: chag
- Old High German: *kago
  - Middle High German: *kage, *kag
    - German: Kag
    - Bavarian: Kag
Old Norse: *kagi
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kage (dialectal)
- Swedish: kage (dialectal)
- ⇒ Old Norse: *kaggi (diminutive)
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: kagge
  - → Middle English: *kagge, *kag
    - English: cag, kag (“stump of a branch, knob”)
- ⇒? Old Norse: kaggi (“cask, keg”, literally “little stump”)
  - Icelandic: kaggi m
  - Swedish: kagge c
  - → Middle English: *kagge, kag
    - English: keg, cag
    - Scots: cag, caig
  - → Old French: caque
    - Middle French: kaque, quaque
      - French: caque