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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kakǭ

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

Unknown. The relationship with Lithuanian gúogas (“skull”) by supposed Proto-Indo-European *gag-, *gōg- (“something round, something lumpy”) is highly doubtful.[1][2][3] Compare *kōkô (“cake”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.kɔ̃ː/

Noun

*kakǭ f

  1. cake

Alternative reconstructions
  • *kakkaz (as the original genitive singular of *kōkô)[1]

Inflection
ōn-stemDeclension of *kakǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kakǭ *kakōniz
vocative *kakǭ *kakōniz
accusative *kakōnų *kakōnunz
genitive *kakōniz *kakōnǫ̂
dative *kakōni *kakōmaz
instrumental *kakōnē *kakōmiz

Derived terms
  • *kakilaz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *kakā
  • Proto-Norse: *ᚲᚨᚲᛟ (*kakō)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 306-7
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “Kōkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  3. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “gag-, gōg-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 349
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