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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ankijǭ

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

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Noun

*ankijǭ f[1]

  1. ankle
  2. hip

Inflection
ōn-stemDeclension of *ankijǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *ankijǭ *ankijōniz
vocative *ankijǭ *ankijōniz
accusative *ankijōnų *ankijōnunz
genitive *ankijōniz *ankijōnǫ̂
dative *ankijōni *ankijōmaz
instrumental *ankijōnē *ankijōmiz

Descendants
  • Old High German: anka, ancha, encha
  • Old Norse: ekkja

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ankjōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 29
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