Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/auk

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 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 *h₂ew (“away, again”) + *ge (intensifier); compare Ancient Greek αὖ (aû, “again”), γε (ge, “at least, at any rate”), also found as Ancient Greek αὖγε (aûge). But compare also Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-.

Pronunciation

Adverb

*auk

  1. also, too
  2. furthermore, in addition

Related terms

Descendants

Conjunction

*auk

  1. and
    Synonyms: *andi, *jahw
  2. but also

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*auke”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 42
  2. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 172: “PGmc *auk”
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