Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ankwō

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 *ankwô.

Noun

*ankwō m[1]

(Elbe Germanic) butter
Synonym: *buterā

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ankwō
Genitive	ankwini, ankwan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ankwō	*ankwan
Accusative	*ankwan	*ankwan
Genitive	ankwini, ankwan	*ankwanō
Dative	ankwini, ankwan	*ankwum
Instrumental	ankwini, ankwan	*ankwum

Descendants

Old High German: ancho, anco
- Middle High German: anke
  - Alemannic German: Anke

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 79: “PWGmc *ankwō”

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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 79: “PWGmc *ankwō”