*akramann-

Runic: ᚨᚲᚱᚨᛗᚨᚾ Pronunciation: /ˈɑk.rɑ.mɑnn/

noun · masculine · consonant stem

Meanings

field-worker, agricultural laborer; farmer, plowman

Etymology

A determinative compound of *akraz + *mann-, literally ‘field-man’ and hence ‘one who works the fields’. Carr (1939: 71) considers the reflexes to be independent secondary developments, as Proto-Germanic generally used agent suffixes to denote similar meanings.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.akramannz, akramannôakramanniz
Acc.akramannųakramannunz
Gen.akramannizakramannǫ̂
Dat.akramanniakramannumaz
Inst.akramannēakramannumiz
Voc.akramann, akramannôakramanniz

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Descendants

  • æcermann, æcerman (Old English)
    • akerman, acreman (Middle English)
      • acreman (English)
  • *accarman (Old Dutch)
    • ackerman (Middle Dutch)
  • *akkarman (Old Saxon)
    • ackerman, ackermann (Middle Low German)
  • ackarman (Old High German)
    • ackerman (Middle High German)
      • Ackermann (German)
  • akrmaðr (Old Norse)
    • akurmaður (Icelandic)

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