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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ankwô

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

From Pre-Germanic *óngʷô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éngʷō, collective of *h₃éngʷn̥ (“fat, oil, ointment”), from *h₃engʷ- (“anoint”). Cognate with Old Armenian օծ (ōc), Latin ungō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑŋ.kʷɔːː/

Noun

*ankwô m[1]

  1. ointment
  2. butter

Inflection
masculine an-stemDeclension of *ankwô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *ankwô *ankwaniz
vocative *ankwô *ankwaniz
accusative *ankwanų *ankwanunz
genitive *ankwiniz *ankwanǫ̂
dative *ankwini *ankwammaz
instrumental *ankwinē *ankwammiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *ankwō
    • Old Saxon: *anko
      • Middle Low German: anke
    • Old High German: ancho, anco
      • Middle High German: anke
        • Alemannic German: Anke

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ankwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 29
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