Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aikwernō

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 *aikwernô.

Noun

*aikwernō m

  1. squirrel

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *aikwernō
Genitive *aikwirnini, *aikwernan
Singular Plural
Nominative *aikwernō *aikwernan
Accusative *aikwernan *aikwernan
Genitive *aikwirnini, *aikwernan *aikwernanō
Dative *aikwirnini, *aikwernan *aikwernum
Instrumental *aikwirnini, *aikwernan *aikwernum

Descendants

  • Old English: ācweorna, āqueorna, āquorna, ācurna, ācuaerna
    • Middle English: acquerne, aquerne, ocquerne, okerne, aquierne
      • >? English: con, conn (“squirrel”) (dialectal) (compare Old Norse íkorni)
      • >? Scots: con (“squirrel”) (compare Old Norse íkorni)
  • Old Frisian: *ēkworna, *ēkhorna
    • Saterland Frisian: *Eker, *Eeker
      • >? Saterland Frisian: Katteker, Kateeker (compare German Eichkater)
    • West Frisian: iikhoarn
  • Old Saxon: *ēkhorno
    • Middle Low German: êkhōrn, êkhōrne, eikhōrne, êkhorn, êkōrn, eikōrn, êkōrne, echhorne
      • ⇒ Dutch Low Saxon: Eekhoorntje
      • German Low German: Eekhoorn, Ekkern
        Westphalian:
        Ravensbergisch: Aik, Aikern
        Sauerländisch: Ēksken, Aikerte
        • ⇒ German Low German: Eekhoorntje
  • Old Dutch: *ēcorno
  • Old High German: eihhorno, eihhurno
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