Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stakkaz

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

Per Kroonen (arguing for the controversial Kluge's law for Proto-Germanic -kk-) from earlier *stogʰ-nós, cognate with Ancient Greek στόχος, but unclear if he derives *stogʰ-nós from a Proto-Indo-European *stegʰ-. Per Pokorny et al. from PIE *(s)teg- (“beam, stake”) and cognate with Latin tignum ("tree trunk, beam ,log'), but not cognate with Ancient Greek στόχος.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑk.kɑz/

Noun

*stakkaz m

1. pile of hay; haystack

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *stakkaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*stakkaz	*stakkōz, *stakkōs
vocative	*stakk	*stakkōz, *stakkōs
accusative	*stakką	*stakkanz
genitive	*stakkas, *stakkis	*stakkǫ̂
dative	*stakkai	*stakkamaz
instrumental	*stakkō	*stakkamiz

Descendants

• Old Norse: stakkr
  • Danish: stak
  • Elfdalian: stakk
  • Faroese: stakkur
  • Old Swedish: stakker
    • Swedish: stack
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: stakk
  • → Middle English: stak
    • English: stack
    • Scots: stack
• → Proto-Finnic: *takka (see there for further descendants)
• →? Proto-Finnic: *sakna (see there for further descendants)