Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiþum
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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]
Unknown; possibly related to Proto-Germanic *aiþį̄ (“mother”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-tmó-s, from *h₂ey- (“to give, attribute”).[1][2]
Noun[edit]
- son-in-law
- Synonym: *swāgur
Inflection[edit]
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *aiþum | |
| Genitive | *aiþumas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *aiþum | *aiþumō, *aiþumōs |
| Accusative | *aiþum | *aiþumā |
| Genitive | *aiþumas | *aiþumō |
| Dative | *aiþumē | *aiþumum |
| Instrumental | *aiþumu | *aiþumum |
Alternative forms[edit]
- *aiþm[4]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: āþum
- Old Frisian: āthum, āthom, āthem
- >? Saterland Frisian: Oom
- Old Saxon: *ēthum
- Old Dutch: *eithum, *eitham
- Old High German: eidum, eidam
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Eidam”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 168: “wg. *aiþuma-”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “athom”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 28-29: “PGMC: *aiþum- [PWGmc.]”
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*aiþum”
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aiþma-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 15