Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aihtiz

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyḱ-tis. By surface analysis, *aiganą +‎ *-þiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯x.tiz/

Noun

*aihtiz f

1. possessions, property

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *aihtiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*aihtiz	*aihtīz
vocative	*aihti	*aihtīz
accusative	*aihtį	*aihtinz
genitive	*aihtīz	*aihtijǫ̂
dative	*aihtī	*aihtimaz
instrumental	*aihtī	*aihtimiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *aihti
  • Old English: ǣht
    • Middle English: aught, ought
      • English: aught, ought
      • Scots: aucht
  • Old Saxon: ēht
    • ⇒ Old Saxon: *frēht (prefixed with *fra-)
      • Middle Low German: vracht
        • German Low German: fracht
        • → Middle Dutch: vracht
          • Dutch: vracht
            • Afrikaans: vrag
        • → Danish: fragt
        • → English: freight, fraught (possibly via Middle Dutch)
        • → German: Fracht
        • → Gutnish: frakt
        • → Norwegian: frakt (possibly via Middle Dutch)
        • → Swedish: frakt
  • Old Dutch: *ēht
    • ⇒ Old Dutch: *frēht
      • Middle Dutch: vrecht
  • Old High German: ēht
• Old Norse: átt, ætt
  • Icelandic: átt, ætt
  • Faroese: ætt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ætt
  • Old Swedish: æt
    • Swedish: ätt
  • Danish: æt
  • Old Gutnish: ǣt
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (aihts)