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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kaiju

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown; possibly related to Middle Dutch kegghe (“wedge”), and perhaps further to Old Norse *kagi (“shrub, young tree”), possibly cognate with Lithuanian žagarĩ pl (“scrub, brushwood”), Lithuanian žãgaras (“withered branch”), suggestively from Proto-Indo-European *ǵegʰ-.[3]

Noun

*kaiju f[1]

  1. (Anglo-Frisian Germanic) key
    Synonym: *slutil

Inflection
ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *kaiju
Genitive *kaijā
Singular Plural
Nominative *kaiju *kaijō
Accusative *kaijā *kaijā
Genitive *kaijā *kaijō
Dative *kaijē *kaijōm, *kaijum
Instrumental *kaiju *kaijōm, *kaijum

Alternative reconstructions
  • *kāgiju[4]
  • *kaigu

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old English: cǣġ f
    • Middle English: keye, kaye, keiȝe
    • ⇒ Old English: cǣġe
  • Old Frisian: kēi, kāi m
    • North Frisian: kay
    • Saterland Frisian: Koai
    • West Frisian: kaai

References
  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page northern WGmc *kaij- ‘key’
  2. Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 32: “*kaigi-/*kajjo-”
  3. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “g̑egh-, g̑ogh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 354
  4. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kēgjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284
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