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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aikilā

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

From *aik (“oak”) +‎ *-ilā (plant and animal suffix).[1]

Noun

*aikilā f

  1. acorn
    Synonym: *akarn

Inflection
ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *aikilā
Genitive *aikilōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *aikilā *aikilōn
Accusative *aikilōn *aikilōn
Genitive *aikilōn *aikilōnō
Dative *aikilōn *aikilōm, *aikilum
Instrumental *aikilōn *aikilōm, *aikilum

Alternative reconstructions
  • *aikilu

Descendants
  • Old Frisian: *ēkele, *ēkel
    • Saterland Frisian: Äkkel
    • West Frisian: ikel
  • Old Saxon: *eikila
    • Middle Low German: eikel
      • German Low German:
        Westphalian:
        Bentheimisch: Ekkel
        Sauerländisch: Aikel
        Westmünsterländisch: Eekel
        South Westphalian: Aëkel (Dortmund)
  • Old Dutch: *eikila
    • Middle Dutch: eikele
  • Old High German: eihhila
    • Middle Low German: eichel

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aik-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 9-10
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