*arkō

Runic: ᚨᚱᚲᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɑr.kɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

chest, box, coffer

Etymology

Borrowed early from Latin arca. The original secular sense is preserved in Germanic beside the biblical use ‘Noah’s ark’; compare Old English earc, whose biblical sense reflects Latin arca in the Vulgate (Bosworth & Toller 2014: s.v. arc, earc). Latin arca belongs to the Italic family of arceō and arx, ultimately connected with Proto-Indo-European root *h₂erk-; arca may continue Proto-Italic *arkā- < PIE h₂erk-eh₂, though its precise derivational history within Italic is uncertain (de Vaan 2008: 50–51).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.arkōarkôz
Acc.arkǭarkōz
Gen.arkōzarkǫ̂
Dat.arkōiarkōmaz
Inst.arkōarkōmiz
Voc.arkōarkôz

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Descendants

  • *arku (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *arka (Old Dutch)
      • arke (Middle Dutch)
        • ark (Dutch)
  • *arku (Proto-West Germanic)
    • earce, earc, erc, ærc (Old English)
      • arke, ark (Middle English)
        • ark (English)
        • airk (Scots)
  • *arku (Proto-West Germanic)
    • arke (Old Frisian)
  • *arku (Proto-West Germanic)
    • arka, arca, archa (Old High German)
      • arke, arc, arche, arch (Middle High German)
        • Arche (German)
          • Arch (Luxembourgish)
  • *arku (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *arka (Old Saxon)
      • arke, arche (Middle Low German)
  • *ᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*arku) (Proto-Norse)
    • ǫrk (Old Norse)
      • ørk (Faroese)
      • örk (Icelandic)
      • ark (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • *ᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*arku) (Proto-Norse)
    • ǫrk (Old Norse)
      • ark (Old Swedish)
        • ark (Swedish)
          • arkki (Finnish)
  • *ᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*arku) (Proto-Norse)
    • *arkku (Proto-Finnic)
  • 𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰 (arka) (Gothic)

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