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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nakwō

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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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From Proto-Germanic *nakwô.

Noun

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*nakwō m[1]

  1. ship

Inflection

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Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *nakwō
Genitive *nakwini, *nakwan
Singular Plural
Nominative *nakwō *nakwan
Accusative *nakwan *nakwan
Genitive *nakwini, *nakwan *nakwanō
Dative *nakwini, *nakwan *nakwum
Instrumental *nakwini, *nakwan *nakwum

Descendants

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  • Old English: naca
  • Old Frisian: *naka, âke, âk
  • Old Saxon: nako
  • Old Dutch: *nako
  • Old High German: nahho

References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192:PWGmc *nakwō