Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/akraz

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑk.rɑz/

Noun

*akraz m[1]

field, open land

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *akraz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*akraz	akrōz, akrōs
vocative	*akr	akrōz, akrōs
accusative	*akrą	*akranz
genitive	akras, akris	*akrǫ̂
dative	*akrai	*akramaz
instrumental	*akrō	*akramiz

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *ak(k)r
- Old English: æcer
  - Middle English: aker, acre
    - English: acre
      - Norwegian Bokmål: acre
    - Scots: acre, acker, ackre, accre, aacre, awker
    - Yola: aager
  - 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
  - Middle High German: acker
    - Cimbrian: akhar
    - German: Acker
    - Luxembourgish: Aker
Old Norse: akr, ákr
- Icelandic: akur
- Faroese: akur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: åker; (dialectal) åkur, åkr
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: åker
- Old Swedish: aker
  - Swedish: åker
- Old Danish: akær
  - Danish: ager
    - Norwegian Bokmål: aker
- → Norman: acre
- Elfdalian: åker
- Scanian: ager
Gothic: 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐍃 (akrs)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*akra- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 18

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*akra- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 18