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

    1. 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
      • Old Dutch: *arka
      • Old High German: arka, arca, archa
    • Proto-Norse: *ᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*arku)
      • Old Norse: ǫrk
        • Faroese: ørk
        • Icelandic: örk
        • Norwegian Bokmål: ark
        • Old Swedish: ark
      • → Proto-Finnic: *arkku (see there for further descendants)
    • Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰 (arka)
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