Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/akr

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 *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros, possibly from *h₂eǵ-.

Noun

*akr m

field, open land
Synonym: *felþu
acre (measure of land)

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*akr
Genitive	*akkras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*akr	akkrō, akkrōs
Accusative	*akr	*akkrā
Genitive	*akkras	*akkrō
Dative	*akkrē	*akkrum
Instrumental	*akkru	*akkrum

Alternative reconstructions

*akkr

Descendants

Old English: æcer
- Middle English: aker, acre
  - English: acre, aker (archaic), acer (-er form, chiefly UK)
    - → Norwegian Bokmål: acre
    - → Malay: ekar
    - → Telugu: ఎకరా (ekarā), ఎకరము (ekaramu)
  - Scots: acre, acker, ackre, accre, aacre, awker, yicker
    - →? Scottish Gaelic: acaire, acair
  - Yola: aager
  - → Irish: acra
  - → Welsh: acer
- Norman: acre
Old Frisian: ekker
- Saterland Frisian: Äkker
- West Frisian: eker, ikker
Old Saxon: akkar
- Middle Low German: acker
  - Low German: Acker
  - Plautdietsch: Aka
Old Dutch: accar, ackar (in placenames)
- Middle Dutch: acker
  - Dutch: akker
    - Afrikaans: akker
    - Negerhollands: akker
    - → Min Nan: kah
Old High German: ackar, akkar
- Middle High German: acker
  - Cimbrian: akhar
  - German: Acker
  - Central Franconian:
    - Hunsrik: Acker
    - Luxembourgish: Aker
  - Yiddish: אַקער (aker)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54: “PWGmc *akr, *akkra-”

[DOE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54: “PWGmc *akr, *akkra-”