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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kaug

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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

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Etymology

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Unknown;[1] suggested to possibly be related to Norwegian kage (low bush),[2] perhaps borrowed and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (enclosure; hedge).[3]

Noun

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*kaug m[1]

  1. (North Sea Germanic) polder, koog

Inflection

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Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *kaug
Genitive *kaugas
Singular Plural
Nominative *kaug *kaugō, *kaugōs
Accusative *kaug *kaugā
Genitive *kaugas *kaugō
Dative *kaugē *kaugum
Instrumental *kaugu *kaugum

Descendants

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  • Old Frisian: kāg, kāch
    • North Frisian: kuuch
    • West Frisian: keech
    • Middle Dutch: câech[4] [1287-1288]
  • Old Saxon: kōg
  • Old Dutch: *kōg[5]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Kog”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 388
  2. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “koog”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
  3. ^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Kage”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 254
  4. ^ van Veen, P.A.F., van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997) “kaag¹”, in Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), Utrecht, Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN
  5. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “koog”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[2] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press:Noordzee-Germaans *kāg