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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *askā (“ash, ashes”) + *-jō.[1] Similar construction found in Middle English greylyng (“grayling”).
Noun
*askijō m
- grayling
Declension
| Masculine an-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*askijō
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| Genitive
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*askijini, *askijan
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*askijō
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*askijan
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| Accusative
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*askijan
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*askijan
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| Genitive
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*askijini, *askijan
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*askijanō
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| Dative
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*askijini, *askijan
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*askijum
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| Instrumental
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*askijini, *askijan
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*askijum
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Descendants
- Old Saxon: asko
- Middle Low German: asch f
- → Finnish: asikko[2]
- Old Dutch: *asko
- Old High German: asco
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 210: “*askjōn-”
- ^ Bentlin, Mikko 2007: Niederdeutsch-finnische Sprachkontakte.