Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *arkōScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_arkō
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An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary OnlineJosephBosworthT.NorthcoteTollerEd ChristSeanOndřejTichýPragueFaculty of Arts, Charles University2014Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7)Michielde VaanBrill2008arcachest*h₂erk-to hold, contain; protectarceōto enclose, restrainarxcitadel, stronghold*arkā-containerearcchest, coffer; Noah’s ark
nounfeminineō-stemchest, box, cofferBorrowed 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.