Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/akr

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 *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros, possibly from *h₂eǵ-.

Noun

*akr m

1. field, open land

   Synonym: *felþu

2. acre (measure of land)

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*akr
Genitive	*akkras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*akr	*akkrō, *akkrōs
Accusative	*akr	*akkrā
Genitive	*akkras	*akkrō
Dative	*akkrē	*akkrum
Instrumental	*akkru	*akkrum

Alternative reconstructions

• *akkr

Descendants

• Old English: æcer
  • Middle English: aker, acre
    • English: acre, aker (archaic), acer (-er form, chiefly UK)
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: acre
      • → Malay: ekar
      • → Telugu: ఎకరా (ekarā), ఎకరము (ekaramu)
    • Scots: acre, acker, ackre, accre, aacre, awker, yicker
      • →? Scottish Gaelic: acaire, acair
    • Yola: aager
    • → Irish: acra
    • → Welsh: acer
  • Norman: acre
• Old Frisian: ekker
  • Saterland Frisian: Äkker
  • West Frisian: eker, ikker
• Old Saxon: akkar
  • Middle Low German: acker
    • Low German: Acker
    • Plautdietsch: Aka
• Old Dutch: accar, ackar (in placenames)
  • Middle Dutch: acker
    • Dutch: akker
      • Afrikaans: akker
      • Negerhollands: akker
      • → Min Nan: kah
• Old High German: ackar, akkar
  • Middle High German: acker
    • Cimbrian: akhar
    • German: Acker
    • Central Franconian:
      • Hunsrik: Acker
      • Luxembourgish: Aker
    • Yiddish: אַקער (aker)