Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pakkô

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. Likely from a pre-Germanic substrate language,[1] due to phonetic irregularities between the root's relatives in other languages, as well as its restriction to western branches of Indo-European. Said relatives include Middle Welsh beich (“load, cargo”) (from Proto-Celtic *baskis (“bundle, load”)), Latin bāiulus (“porter, carrier”),[2] and perhaps fascis (“bundle”), Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos, “bundle”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpɑk.kɔːː/

    Noun

    *pakkô m

    1. bundle; pack; package

    Inflection

    Declension of *pakkô (masculine an-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *pakkô *pakkaniz
    vocative *pakkô *pakkaniz
    accusative *pakkanų *pakkanunz
    genitive *pakkiniz *pakkanǫ̂
    dative *pakkini *pakkammaz
    instrumental *pakkinē *pakkammiz

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *pakkō
    • Old Norse: pakki; pakka (possibly borrowed from Low German)

    References

    1. ^ E.C. Polomé (1989), ‘Substrate lexicon in Germanic,’ NOWELE 14, 53-73, p. 60-63
    2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*pakka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 396
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