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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aikīn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *aikīnaz. Equivalent to *aik + *-īn.
Adjective
*aikīn
- oaken, made of oak
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *aikīn | ||
| Genitive | *aikīnas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *aikīn | *aikīnu | *aikīn |
| Accusative | *aikīnanā | *aikīnā | *aikīn |
| Genitive | *aikīnas | *aikīneʀā | *aikīnas |
| Dative | *aikīnumē | *aikīneʀē | *aikīnumē |
| Instrumental | *aikīnu | *aikīneʀu | *aikīnu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *aikīnē | *aikīnō | *aikīnu |
| Accusative | *aikīnā | *aikīnā | *aikīnu |
| Genitive | *aikīneʀō | *aikīneʀō | *aikīneʀō |
| Dative | *aikīnēm, *aikīnum | *aikīnēm, *aikīnum | *aikīnēm, *aikīnum |
| Instrumental | *aikīnēm, *aikīnum | *aikīnēm, *aikīnum | *aikīnēm, *aikīnum |
Descendants
- Old English: ǣċen, ācen
- Middle English: oken
- English: oaken
- Middle English: oken
- Old Frisian: ēzen, ētzen
- Old High German: eihhīn
- German: eichen
- Luxembourgish: eechen