Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jekô

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 *h₁yeg-o(n)-, from *h₁eyg- (“ice”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈje.kɔːː/

Noun

*jekô m^[2]^[1]^[3]

piece of ice
hoarfrost

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *jekô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*jekô	*jekaniz
vocative	*jekô	*jekaniz
accusative	*jekanų	*jekanunz
genitive	*jikiniz	*jekanǫ̂
dative	*jikini	*jekammaz
instrumental	*jikinē	*jekammiz

Derived terms

*jekulaz (“icicle”)

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *jekō
- Old High German: *jehho, *jecho
  - Middle High German: *jech
    - German: Jäch (dialectal)
Old Norse: jaki
- Icelandic: jaki
- Norwegian Nynorsk: jake; (dialectal) jaki, jaka

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*jeka(n)-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*i̯eg-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 503
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*jekōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 206

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*jeka(n)-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273

[2] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*i̯eg-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 503

[3] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*jekōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 206

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