Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aggju

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *agjō.

Noun

*aggju f[1]

edge, corner

Inflection

Feminine ō-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aggju	*aggjō
Accusative	*aggjā	*aggjā
Genitive	*aggjā	*aggjō
Dative	*aggjē	*aggjōm
Instrumental	*aggju	*aggjōm

Descendants

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)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 285: “PWGmc *agʲgʲu”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 285: “PWGmc *agʲgʲu”