Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ak

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *ake

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Pre-Germanic *h₁o-ge, demonstrative *h₁e- + emphatic *ge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑk/

Conjunction

*ak

1. but, however

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *ak
  • Old English: ac, ah, oc
    • Middle English: ac, ak, ah, ach, oc, occ, ok, auh, auch, auȝ
      • English: ac, ake
      • Scots: ac
  • Old Frisian: *ak, *ok
    • Saterland Frisian: uk
    • West Frisian: ek
  • Old Saxon: ak
  • Old Dutch: *ak, *ok, *oh
    • >? Middle Dutch: och
  • Old High German: oh
    • Middle High German: och, ouch
      • German: auch (partially)
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌺 (ak)

See also

• *auk

Further reading

• F. Holthausen, German. ak ‘sondern, aber’, in Indogermanische Forschungen (1905), page 458: German. ak 'sondern, aber'. Got. ak, ae. me. afries. as. ac, ahd. oh 'sondern, aber' wird von Brugmann Kurze vgl. Gramm. § 833 fragend aus *akk = *aþ + *ke oder *ko erklärt. Da diese Herleitung lautlich nicht ganz befriedigt [...] ist [...]