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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/akraną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂ (“small fruit ~ berry”); compare Proto-Celtic *agrinyos (“~ sloe, small plum, berry”), Latvian ôga, Lithuanian úoga, Proto-Slavic *àgo-da (“fruit, berry”), Tocharian B oko (“fruit”).

Noun

*akraną n[1]

  1. fruit of a tree
  2. nut or mast, especially an acorn

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *akraną (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *akraną *akranō
vocative *akraną *akranō
accusative *akraną *akranō
genitive *akranas, *akranis *akranǫ̂
dative *akranai *akranamaz
instrumental *akranō *akranamiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *akarn, *akran, *akrun, *akrin
    • Old English: æcern, æceran, æceren, æcirn
      • Middle English: acorn
        • English: acorn
        • Scots: aicorn
    • Old Frisian: *akern
      • Saterland Frisian: Äkkene
      • West Frisian: aker
    • Old Saxon: *akeran, *ekerin
      • Middle Low German: ākeren, ackeren, ēkeren, eckeren
        • German Low German: Ecker
        • Low German: eckeren
    • Old Dutch: *akeran
    • Old High German: *akeran, *ekerin
      • Middle High German: ackeran, eckeren, eckern, ecker
    • → Old French: aigrun
  • Old Norse: akarn
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 (akran)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*akrana-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 18
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