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

ō-stemDeclension 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
  • → Finnish: arkku
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰 (arka)