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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/auk

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-. Alternatively reconstructed as Pre-Germanic *h₂ew (“away, again”) + *ge (intensifier); compare Ancient Greek αὖ (aû, “again”), γε (ge, “at least, at any rate”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑu̯k/

Adverb

*auk [1]

  1. also, too
  2. furthermore, in addition

Conjunction

*auk [1]

  1. and
    Synonyms: *andi, *jahw
  2. but also

Descendants

See also

Further reading
  • Don Ringe, ‎Ann Taylor, The Development of Old English (2014), page 172: PGmc *auk 'also' (Goth., early ON auk, OS ōk, OHG ouh) > OE ēak (OF āk)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*auke”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 42
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