Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/alkǭ

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

Alternative forms

*allakǭ, *alukǭ

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“a kind of bird”).

Noun

*alkǭ f^[1]

(North Germanic) a kind of sea bird, auk

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *alkǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*alkǭ	*alkōniz
vocative	*alkǭ	*alkōniz
accusative	*alkōnų	*alkōnunz
genitive	*alkōniz	*alkōnǫ̂
dative	*alkōni	*alkōmaz
instrumental	*alkōnē	*alkōmiz

Descendants

Old Norse: alka
- Icelandic: álka
  - → English: auk
- Faroese: álka
- Norwegian Nynorsk: alke, alka; (dialectal) ålke
- Swedish: alka
  - → Dutch: alk
  - → German: Alk
- Danish: alke
  - Norwegian Bokmål: alke
- →⇒ Irish: falcóg

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*alkōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 23

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*alkōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 23

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