Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aggju

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 *agjō.

Noun

*aggju f

1. edge, corner

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*aggju
Genitive	*aggjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aggju	*aggjō
Accusative	*aggjā	*aggjā
Genitive	*aggjā	*aggjō
Dative	*aggjē	*aggjōm, *aggjum
Instrumental	*aggju	*aggjōm, *aggjum

Descendants

• Old English: eċġ
  • Middle English: egge
    • English: edge
    • Scots: ege, egge
• Old Frisian: egg, eg, egge
  • Saterland Frisian: Ägge
  • West Frisian: igge
• Old Saxon: eggia
  • Middle Low German: egge, egke, ecke
    • German Low German: Eck
    • Plautdietsch: Agj, Akj
• Old Dutch: *egga
  • Middle Dutch: egge
    • Dutch: egge, eg
• Old High German: egga, ecka
  • Middle High German: egge, ecke
    • Central Franconian:

      Hunsrik: Eck

      Luxembourgish: Eck

    • East Central German:

      Vilamovian: ekk

    • German: Ecke
    • Rhine Franconian: Eck
    • Yiddish: עק (ek)