Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aket

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

Borrowed from Latin acētum. Parallel borrowing with Gothic 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍄 (akeit), 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐍄 (akēt).

Noun

*aket m

vinegar

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*aket
Genitive	*aketas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aket	aketō, aketōs
Accusative	*aket	*aketā
Genitive	*aketas	*aketō
Dative	*aketē	*aketum
Instrumental	*aketu	*aketum

Alternative reconstructions

*akit, *akid (influenced by Latin acidus ?)
*atek, *atik (metathesized)

Descendants

Old English: æċed, eċed, æċċed
- Middle English: eced
Old Saxon: ekid
- Middle Low German: êtik, etek, ettik, atik, âtik
  - German Low German: Etig, Ätig
    - → West Frisian: jittik
  - → Old Norse: edik
    - Danish: eddike
    - Faroese: edikur
    - Icelandic: edik
    - Norwegian Bokmål: eddik
    - Swedish: ättika
Old Dutch: etig
- Middle Dutch: edic
  - Dutch: edik
    - Afrikaans: edik
  - Limburgish: aek
Old High German: ezzih
- Middle High German: ezzich, ezzech, ezzeich, ezzec
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: éssag, ezza (Luserna)
    Mòcheno: ezza
  - German: Essig
  - Hunsrik: Essich
  - Luxembourgish: Esseg
  - Vilamovian: essig
  - Yiddish: עסיק (esik)