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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/agu

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

Unknown;[1] possibly from Proto-Germanic *agō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oḱ-éh₂, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) +‎ *-éh₂;[2] however, the variant *ag-ad- ~ *ag-at- perhaps points to a substrate borrowing, compare *magu (“boy”), *magaþ (“girl”).

Noun

*agu f

  1. magpie
    Synonyms: *agastrijā, *agattjā

Inflection
ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *agu
Genitive *agā
Singular Plural
Nominative *agu *agō
Accusative *agā *agā
Genitive *agā *agō
Dative *agē *agōm, *agum
Instrumental *agu *agōm, *agum

Descendants
  • Old English: agu
  • Old Frisian: *age
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: *agke (diminutive)
  • Old High German: aga
    • Middle High German: age (glossed once)

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Elster”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 175-176
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ag/kkōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 4
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