Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kōkô

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

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *gag- ~ *gōg- (round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump), but this reconstruction is obsolete in view of modern laryngeal theory as well as semantically gratuitous. Proto-Indo-European *geh₂g- or similar is possible, with the zero grade seen in the synonym *kakǭ,[1] but external cognates are unknown. Possibly a sound-symbolic invention.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔː.kɔːː/

Noun

*kōkô m

  1. cake

Inflection

Declension of *kōkô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kōkô *kōkaniz
vocative *kōkô *kōkaniz
accusative *kōkanų *kōkanunz
genitive *kōkiniz *kōkanǫ̂
dative *kōkini *kōkammaz
instrumental *kōkinē *kōkammiz

Derived terms

  • *kōkilaz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kōkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 299