Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aik

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiks.

Noun

*aik f

1. oak

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*aik
Genitive	*aiki
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aik	*aiki
Accusative	*aiku	*aiki
Genitive	*aiki	*aikō
Dative	*aiki	*aikum
Instrumental	*aiki	*aikum

Descendants

• Old English: āc, ǣċ, aac
  • Middle English: ook, ok, ak, ake
    • English: oak
    • Scots: aik, ake; yik
• Old Frisian: ēk
  • North Frisian: ik
  • Saterland Frisian: Eeke
  • West Frisian: iik
• Old Saxon: ēk
  • Middle Low German: êke, êk
    • Low German: Eek
    • Plautdietsch: Ieekj
• Old Dutch: *eik, *ēk
  • Middle Dutch: eike, êke
    • Dutch: eik, eek
      • Afrikaans: eik
• Old High German: eih
  • Middle High German: eich
    • Bavarian: Oach

      Cimbrian: aicha

    • Central Franconian: Ääch, Eech, Eich

      Hunsrik: Eich

      Luxembourgish: Eech

    • East Central German:

      Upper Saxon German:

      Vilamovian: aach

    • East Franconian:
    • German: Eiche
    • Rhine Franconian: Ääch, Eech

      Frankfurterisch: Aasch [aːʃ]