Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kaiju

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

*kaij^[1],^[2] *kaigi^[2], *kāgi m

Etymology

Unknown; possibly related to Middle Dutch kegghe (“wedge”), and perhaps further to Old Norse *kagi (“shrub, young tree”), possibly cognate with Lithuanian žagarĩ pl (“scrub, brushwood”), Lithuanian žãgaras (“withered branch”), suggestively from Proto-Indo-European *ǵegʰ-.^[3]

Noun

*kaiju f^[1]

(Anglo-Frisian Germanic) key
Synonym: *slutil

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kaiju
Genitive	*kaijā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kaiju	*kaijō
Accusative	*kaijā	*kaijā
Genitive	*kaijā	*kaijō
Dative	*kaijē	kaijōm, kaijum
Instrumental	*kaiju	kaijōm, kaijum

Alternative reconstructions

*kāgiju^[4]
*kaigu

Derived terms

*kaijōn

Descendants

Old English: cǣġ f
- Middle English: keye, kaye, keiȝe
  - English: key
  - Scots: key, kay
- ⇒ Old English: cǣġe
Old Frisian: kēi, kāi m
- North Frisian: kay
- Saterland Frisian: Koai
- West Frisian: kaai

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 northern WGmc *kaij- ‘key’
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 32: “*kaigi-/*kajjo-”
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “g̑egh-, g̑ogh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 354
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kēgjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284

[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 northern WGmc *kaij- ‘key’

[Bremmer-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 32: “*kaigi-/*kajjo-”

[3] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “g̑egh-, g̑ogh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 354

[4] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kēgjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284

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