Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ankurô

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

From Latin ancora.

Noun

*ankurô m

1. anchor

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *ankurô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ankurô	*ankuraniz
vocative	*ankurô	*ankuraniz
accusative	*ankuranų	*ankuranunz
genitive	*ankuriniz	*ankuranǫ̂
dative	*ankurini	*ankurammaz
instrumental	*ankurinē	*ankurammiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *ankurō
  • Old English: ancor, ancer, oncer
    • Middle English: anker, ancre, aunkir, ankor, ankur, ankir, ancher, ancour, hanker
      • English: anchor (see there for further descendants)
      • Scots: anchor, anker
  • Old Frisian: anker, onker
    • West Frisian: anker
  • Old Saxon: *ankaro
    • Middle High German: anker, ankor, ankar
  • Old Dutch: *ankaro
    • Middle Dutch: anker
      • Dutch: anker
        • Afrikaans: anker
        • Negerhollands: anker, henka, heṅku
        • → Lokono: anker
        • → Indonesian: angker
        • → Papiamentu: anker
        • → Sranan Tongo: ankra (see there for further descendants)
  • Old High German: ankero, anker
    • Middle High German: anker
      • German: Anker (see there for further descendants)
• Old Norse: akkeri, atkeri
  • Icelandic: akkeri
  • Norwegian: anker, ankar
  • Old Swedish: ankæri
    • Swedish: ankare, ankar
    • → Finnish: ankkuri
    • → Ingrian: ankkuri
    • → Estonian: ankur
    • → Old East Slavic: ѧкорь (ękorĭ)
      • Russian: якорь (jakorʹ)
        • → Kildin Sami: ёакар (jåkar)
        • → Uyghur: ياكور (yakor)
        • → Yakut: дьаакыр (jaakır)
      • Ukrainian: я́кір (jákir)
  • Danish: anker