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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ankijǭ

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng-ieh₂-, from *h₂eng- (“curve, bend”).

Noun

*ankijǭ f[1]

  1. (anatomy) limb or joint (e.g. foot joint, ankle, nape of the neck, etc.)

Inflection
ōn-stemDeclension of *ankijǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *ankijǭ *ankijōniz
vocative *ankijǭ *ankijōniz
accusative *ankijōnų *ankijōnunz
genitive *ankijōniz *ankijōnǫ̂
dative *ankijōni *ankijōmaz
instrumental *ankijōnē *ankijōmiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *ankijā
    • Old High German: anka, anca, enka, enca
      • Middle High German: anke
        • German: Anke
        • ⇒? Swabian: Halsanke (second element instead possibly from Proto-Germanic *angô)
      • → Byzantine Greek: ἄντζα f (ántza, “calf (of leg)”)
  • Old Norse: ekkja (“heel”)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ankjōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 29
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