Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/augô

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”), with analogical introduction of the diphthong -au- from *auzô (“ear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯.ɣɔːː/

Noun

*augô n

1. eye

Inflection

neuter an-stemDeclension of *augô (neuter an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*augô	*augōnō
vocative	*augô	*augōnō
accusative	*augô	*augōnō
genitive	*auginiz	*auganǫ̂
dative	*augini	*augammaz
instrumental	*auginē	*augammiz

Derived terms

• *augijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *augā
  • Old English: ēaġe, ēge
    • Middle English: eie, yȝe, ye, yë, yghe, eye, eȝhe, eȝe, eighe, eyghe, eyȝe, iȝe
      • English: eye
        • Sranan Tongo: ai
      • Geordie English: ee, eye
      • Scots: ee
      • Yola: ieen, eein, eyen, eeen, een, ein (plural)
  • Old Frisian: āge, āg
    • North Frisian:

      Most dialects: uug

      Goesharde: uug, uuch

      Halligen: uuch

      Heligoland: Oog

      Sylt: Oog

    • Saterland Frisian: Oge
    • West Frisian: each
  • Old Saxon: ōga
    • Middle Low German: ôge
      • Low German:
        • German Low German:

          Hamburgisch: Oog

          Westphalian:

          (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Äuge

          Lippisch: Auge, Äoge

          Ravensbergisch: äuge (scientific), Auge

          Sauerländisch: Äoge, Auge, Eyege, Ouge, Oue

          Westmünsterländisch: Ooge, Oog

      • Plautdietsch: Uag
  • Old Dutch: ōga
    • Middle Dutch: ôge
      • Dutch: oog
      • Limburgish: oug
  • Old High German: ouga
    • Middle High German: ouge
      • Alemannic German: Aug

        Swabian: Aug

      • Bavarian: Aug

        Cimbrian:

        Mòcheno:

      • Central Franconian: Ooch, Auch, Au

        Hunsrik: Au

        Kölsch: Ouch

        Luxembourgish: A

      • East Central German:

        Upper Saxon German: Ooche

        Vilamovian: aojg

      • East Franconian:
      • German: Auge
      • Rhine Franconian:

        Palatine German: Aag

        Pennsylvania German: Aag

      • Yiddish: אויג (oyg)
• Proto-Norse: *ᚨᚢᚷᛟ (*augo)
  • ⇒ Proto-Norse: ᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ (augiʀ)
  • Old Norse: auga
    • Icelandic: auga
    • Faroese: eyga
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: auga n
    • Norwegian: (dialectal) auga, aua, aue f or n, auwe, ouwe, ouga
    • Jamtish: ouge
    • Elfdalian: oga
    • Old Swedish: ø̄gha
      • Swedish: öga
        • → Finnish: ööga
    • Scanian: yva
    • Old Danish: ø̄ghæ
      • Danish: øje
        • Norwegian Bokmål: øye
    • Gutnish: auge
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (augō)
• Crimean Gothic: oeghene (plural)
• →? Proto-Finnic: *aukko
  • Finnish: aukko
  • Estonian: auk
  • Votic: aukko