Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kagô

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

Unknown. The ultimate origin could be related to English cog,^[1] or Old English cǣġ (“key”).^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.ɡɔːː/

Noun

*kagô m

Inflection

Declension of *kagô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kagô	*kaganiz
vocative	*kagô	*kaganiz
accusative	*kaganų	*kaganunz
genitive	*kaginiz	*kaganǫ̂
dative	*kagini	*kagammaz
instrumental	*kaginē	*kagammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *kagō
- Old English: *ċeaga
  - ⇒ Old English: ċeacga (diminutive)
    - Middle English: *chagge
      - English: chag
- Old High German: *kago
  - Middle High German: *kage, *kag
    - German: Kag
    - Bavarian: Kag
Old Norse: *kagi
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kage (dialectal)
- Swedish: kage (dialectal)
- ⇒ Old Norse: *kaggi (diminutive)
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: kagge
  - → Middle English: *kagge, *kag
    - English: cag, kag (“stump of a branch, knob”)
- ⇒? Old Norse: kaggi (“cask, keg”, literally “little stump”)
  - Icelandic: kaggi m
  - Faroese: kaggi f
  - Swedish: kagge c
  - → Middle English: *kagge, kag
    - English: keg, cag
    - Scots: cag, caig
  - → Old French: caque
    - Middle French: kaque, quaque
      - French: caque

References

^ Columbia University Germanic Studies. (1900). United States: Columbia University Press, p. 35
^ An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology: An Introduction. (n.d.). United Kingdom: U of Minnesota Press, p. 128

[1] Columbia University Germanic Studies. (1900). United States: Columbia University Press, p. 35

[2] An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology: An Introduction. (n.d.). United Kingdom: U of Minnesota Press, p. 128

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