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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/askijō

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 *askā (“ash, ashes”) +‎ *-jō.[1] Similar construction found in Middle English greylyng (“grayling”).

Noun

*askijō m

  1. grayling

Declension
Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *askijō
Genitive *askijini, *askijan
Singular Plural
Nominative *askijō *askijan
Accusative *askijan *askijan
Genitive *askijini, *askijan *askijanō
Dative *askijini, *askijan *askijum
Instrumental *askijini, *askijan *askijum

Descendants
  • Old Saxon: asko
    • Middle Low German: asch f
    • → Finnish: asikko[2]
  • Old Dutch: *asko
  • Old High German: asco

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 210: “*askjōn-”
  2. Bentlin, Mikko 2007: Niederdeutsch-finnische Sprachkontakte.
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