Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ahu

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *ahwō.

Noun[edit]

*ahu f[1]

  1. river
    Synonym: *fleutō

Inflection[edit]

wō-stem
Singular
Nominative *ahu
Genitive *ahwā
Singular Plural
Nominative *ahu *ahwō
Accusative *ahwā *ahwā
Genitive *ahwā *ahwō
Dative *ahwē *ahwōm, *ahum
Instrumental *ahu *ahwōm, *ahum

Descendants[edit]

  • Old English: ēa, ǣ
    • Middle English: æ, e, ea, ee, eo
      • English: ea, Eau, eau, yeo
    • ⇒ Old English: edēa (with prefix ed-)
  • Old Frisian: ā, ē
    • North Frisian: ia
    • Saterland Frisian: Äi
    • West Frisian: ie
  • Old Saxon: aha, ā
    • Middle Low German: ahe, â
      • >? German Low German: Ehe (archaic)
  • Old Dutch: ā
    • Middle Dutch: â
  • Old High German: aha
    • Middle High German: ahe
      • German: Ach, Ache (obsolete or dialectal, chiefly in toponyms)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 177: “PWGmc *ahu”
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