akkeri

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• atkeri (dated)

Etymology

From Old Norse akkeri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈahkɛːrɪ/

Noun

akkeri n (genitive singular akkeris, nominative plural akkeri)

1. (nautical) anchor

Declension

declension of akkeri

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	akkeri	akkerið	akkeri	akkerin
accusative	akkeri	akkerið	akkeri	akkerin
dative	akkeri	akkerinu	akkerum	akkerunum
genitive	akkeris	akkerisins	akkera	akkeranna

Derived terms

• aðalakkeri

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• atkeri

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ankurô, from Latin ancora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈãkːeri/

Noun

akkeri m

1. anchor

Declension

  Declension of akkeri (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	akkeri	akkerinn	akkerar	akkerarnir
accusative	akkera	akkerann	akkera	akkerana
dative	akkera	akkeranum	akkerum	akkerunum
genitive	akkera	akkerans	akkera	akkeranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: akkeri
• Norwegian: anker, ankar
• Old Swedish: ankæri
  • Swedish: ankare, ankar
  • → Finnish: ankkuri
  • → Ingrian: ankkuri
  • → Old East Slavic: ѧкорь (ękorĭ)
    • Russian: якорь (jakorʹ)
      • → Kildin Sami: ёакар (jåkar)
      • → Uyghur: ياكور (yakor)
      • → Yakut: дьаакыр (jaakır)
    • Ukrainian: я́кір (jákir)
• Danish: anker

References

• “akkeri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press