Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ankurō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ankurô.

Noun

*ankurō m

anchor

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ankurō
Genitive	ankurini, ankuran
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ankurō	*ankuran
Accusative	*ankuran	*ankuran
Genitive	ankurini, ankuran	*ankuranō
Dative	ankurini, ankuran	*ankurum
Instrumental	ankurini, ankuran	*ankurum

Descendants

Old English: ancor, ancer, oncer
- Middle English: anker, ancre, aunkir, ankor, ankur, ankir, ancher, ancour, hanker
  - English: anchor, anchour
    - → Chuukese: angko
  - Scots: anchor, anker
Old Frisian: anker, onker
- West Frisian: anker
Old Saxon: *ankaro
- Middle High German: anker, ankor, ankar
Old Dutch: *ankaro
- Middle Dutch: anker
  - Dutch: anker
    - Afrikaans: anker
    - Negerhollands: anker, henka, heṅku
    - → Arawak: anker
    - → Indonesian: angker
    - → Papiamentu: anker
    - → Sranan Tongo: ankra
      - → Saramaccan: hánka
Old High German: ankero, anker
- Middle High German: anker
  - German: Anker
    - → Latvian: enkurs
    - → Lithuanian: iñkaras, añkaras
    - → Polish: ankier (archaic)
    - → Russian: а́нкер (ánker)