Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mankô

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

Derived from *manō (“mane, neck”) with *-kô, a suffix used for body parts; compare Proto-Germanic *kelkô (“jaw-bone”), *leuskô (“groin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑŋ.kɔːː/

Noun

*mankô m

1. (North Germanic) mane, upper part of the neck

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *mankô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mankô	*mankaniz
vocative	*mankô	*mankaniz
accusative	*mankanų	*mankanunz
genitive	*mankiniz	*mankanǫ̂
dative	*mankini	*mankammaz
instrumental	*mankinē	*mankammiz

Descendants

• Old Norse: *manki, makki
  • Icelandic: makki
  • Norwegian Bokmål: manke
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: manke
  • Danish: manke
  • Swedish: manke

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN