Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/arkō

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

Borrowed from Latin arca (“chest”).

Noun

*arkō f

chest

Inflection

Declension of *arkō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*arkō	*arkôz
vocative	*arkō	*arkôz
accusative	*arkǭ	*arkōz
genitive	*arkōz	*arkǫ̂
dative	*arkōi	*arkōmaz
instrumental	*arkō	*arkōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *arku
- Old English: earce, earc, erc f, ærc n
  - Middle English: arke, ark
    - English: ark (see there for further descendants)
    - Scots: airk
- Old Frisian: arke
- Old Saxon: *arka
  - Middle Low German: arke, arche
- Old Dutch: *arka
  - Middle Dutch: arke
    - Dutch: ark
- Old High German: arka, arca, archa
  - Middle High German: arke, arc, arche, arch
    - German: Arche
      - → Luxembourgish: Arch
Proto-Norse: *ᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*arku)
- Old Norse: ǫrk
  - Faroese: ørk
  - Icelandic: örk
  - Norwegian Bokmål: ark
  - Old Swedish: ark
    - Swedish: ark
      - → Finnish: arkki
- → Proto-Finnic: *arkku (see there for further descendants)
Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰 (arka)