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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jekô

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 *h₁yeg-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈje.kɔːː/

Noun

*jekô m[1][2][3]

  1. piece of ice
  2. hoarfrost

Inflection
masculine an-stemDeclension of *jekô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *jekô *jekaniz
vocative *jekô *jekaniz
accusative *jekanų *jekanunz
genitive *jikiniz *jekanǫ̂
dative *jikini *jekammaz
instrumental *jikinē *jekammiz

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *jekō
    • Old High German: *jehho, *jecho
      • Middle High German: *jech
        • German: Jäch (dialectal)
  • Old Norse: jaki

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*i̯eg-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 503
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*jeka(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273
  3. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*jekōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 206
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