Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/akarn

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

• *akran, *akrun, *akrin

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *akraną.

Noun

*akarn n

1. nut, mast, acorn

Synonyms

• *aikilā

Descendants

• Old English: æcern, æceran, æceren, æcirn
  • Middle English: acorn
    • English: acorn
    • Scots: aicorn
• Old Frisian: *akern
  • Saterland Frisian: Äkkene
  • West Frisian: aker
• Old Saxon: *akeran, *ekerin
  • Middle Low German: ākeren, ackeren, ēkeren, eckeren
    • German Low German: Ecker
    • Low German: eckeren
• Old Dutch: *akeran
  • Middle Dutch: aecker, aker
    • Dutch: aker
• Old High German: *akeran, *ekerin
  • Middle High German: ackeran, eckeren, eckern, ecker
    • German: Ackeran, Ecker
• → Old French: aigrun