Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/akarn

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

Alternative forms

*akran, *akrun, *akrin

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *akraną.

Noun

*akarn n

nut, mast, acorn

Declension

Synonyms

*aikilā

Descendants

Old English: æcern, æceran, æceren, æcirn
- Middle English: acorn
  - English: acorn
  - Scots: aicorn
Old Frisian: *akern
- Saterland Frisian: Äkkene
- West Frisian: aker
Old Saxon: *akeran, *ekerin
- Middle Low German: ākeren, ackeren, ēkeren, eckeren
  - German Low German: Ecker
  - Low German: eckeren
Old Dutch: *akeran
- Middle Dutch: aecker, aker
  - Dutch: aker
    - Afrikaans: akker
Old High German: *akeran, *ekerin
- Middle High German: ackeran, eckeren, eckern, ecker
  - German: Ackeran, Ecker
→? Old French: aigrun
- Middle French: aigrun, aigrin, egrun
  - French: aigrin, égrain

Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/akarn

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