Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/arku

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 Proto-Germanic *arkō.

Noun

*arku f

1. chest

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*arku
Genitive	*arkā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*arku	*arkō
Accusative	*arkā	*arkā
Genitive	*arkā	*arkō
Dative	*arkē	*arkōm, *arkum
Instrumental	*arku	*arkōm, *arkum

Descendants

• Old English: earce, earc, erc f, ærc n
  • Middle English: arke, ark
    • English: ark (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: airk
• Old Frisian: arke
• Old Saxon: *arka
  • Middle Low German: arke, arche
• Old Dutch: *arka
  • Middle Dutch: arke
    • Dutch: ark
• Old High German: arka, arca, archa
  • Middle High German: arke, arc, arche, arch
    • German: Arche
      • → Luxembourgish: Arch