Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/audanaz

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Past participle to a lost verb *audaną (to grant), probably related to Latin uber (fruitfulness) and thus *ūdarą.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

*audanaz[1]

  1. granted, given

Inflection[edit]


Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Old English: ēaden
  • Old Saxon: ōdan
  • Old Norse: auðinn

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*audana-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 41