Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aik

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 *aiks.

Noun

*aik f

oak

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*aik
Genitive	*aiki
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aik	*aiki
Accusative	*aiku	*aiki
Genitive	*aiki	*aikō
Dative	*aiki	*aikum
Instrumental	*aiki	*aikum

Descendants

Old English: āc, ǣċ, aac
- Middle English: ak, ake, ook
  - English: oak
  - Scots: aik, ake
Old Frisian: ēk
- North Frisian: ik
- Saterland Frisian: Eeke
- West Frisian: iik
Old Saxon: ēk
- Middle Low German: êke, êk
  - German Low German: Eek
  - Low German: Eek
  - Plautdietsch: Ieekj
Old Dutch: *eik, *ēk
- Middle Dutch: eike, êke
  - Dutch: eik, eek
    - Afrikaans: eik
Old High German: eih
- Middle High German: eich
  - Bavarian: [Term?]
    Cimbrian: aicha
  - Central Franconian: Ääch, Eech, Eich
    Hunsrik: Eich
    Luxembourgish: Eech
  - East Central German:
    Upper Saxon: [Term?]
    Vilamovian: aach
  - East Franconian: [Term?]
  - German: Eiche
  - Rhine Franconian: Ääch, Eech
    Frankfurterisch: Aasch [aːʃ]