Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aikwernō

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 *aikwernô.

Noun

*aikwernō m

squirrel

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*aikwernō
Genitive	*aikwernini
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aikwernō	*aikwernan
Accusative	*aikwernan	*aikwernan
Genitive	*aikwernini	*aikwernanō
Dative	*aikwernini	*aikwernum
Instrumental	*aikwernini	*aikwernum

Descendants

Old English: ācweorna
- Middle English: acquerne
Old Frisian: *ēkworna, *ēkhorna
- Saterland Frisian: *Eeker (in Kateeker ?)
- West Frisian: iikhoarn, iikhoarntsje
Old Saxon: *ēkhorno
- Middle Low German: êkhōrn, êkhōrne, eikhōrne, êkhorn, êkōrn, eikōrn, êkōrne, echhorne
  - ⇒ Dutch Low Saxon: Eekhoorntje
  - German Low German: Ekkern
    Westphalian:
    Ravensbergisch: Aik, Aikern
    Sauerländisch: Ēksken, Aikerte
    - ⇒ German Low German: Eekhoorntje
Old Dutch: *ēcorno
- Middle Dutch: êencōren
  - Dutch: eekhoorn
Old High German: eihhorno, eihhurno
- Middle High German: eichurne
  - Alemannic German: Eichhore
  - German: Eichhorn
    - ⇒ German: Eichhörnchen
  - ⇒ Hunsrik: Eichhernche