Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/askalauk

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Thought to be from *askā (“ash”) +‎ *lauk (“leek”), a corruption of Late Latin escalōnia, ellipsis of Latin Ascalōnia (cēpa) (“(onion) of Ashkelon”).

Noun

*askalauk m

shallot

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*askalauk
Genitive	*askalaukas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*askalauk	askalaukō, askalaukōs
Accusative	*askalauk	*askalaukā
Genitive	*askalaukas	*askalaukō
Dative	*askalaukē	*askalaukum
Instrumental	*askalauku	*askalaukum

Descendants

Old Saxon: asklōk
- Middle Low German: anslôk, aschlôk
Old Dutch: *asklōk
- Middle Dutch: *aschlook
  - Dutch: eslook
Old High German: asklouh, asclouh
- Middle High German: aschlouch, anschlouk
  - German: Aschlauch, Eschlauch

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