Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiw
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Proto-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *aiwaz.
Noun[edit]
*aiw m
Inflection[edit]
Masculine a-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *aiw | |
Genitive | *aiwas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *aiw | *aiwō, *aiwōs |
Accusative | *aiw | *aiwā |
Genitive | *aiwas | *aiwō |
Dative | *aiwē | *aiwum |
Instrumental | *aiwu | *aiwum |
Derived terms[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- ⇒ Old English: āwa, ā (adverb)
- Old Frisian: ēwa; ēwe, ē
- Old Saxon: ēo, ēu, ē (also adverb)
- Old Dutch: ēwa
- Old High German: ēwa, ēo, ēa
Etymology 2[edit]
Uncertain; probably from *aiw (“long time, age, eternity”), compare the semantics of cognates Latin iūs (“law”), Proto-Brythonic *jʉð (“judge”).[1]
Noun[edit]
*aiw m
Inflection[edit]
Masculine a-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *aiw | |
Genitive | *aiwas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *aiw | *aiwō, *aiwōs |
Accusative | *aiw | *aiwā |
Genitive | *aiwas | *aiwō |
Dative | *aiwē | *aiwum |
Instrumental | *aiwu | *aiwum |
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
- *aiwu f
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: ǣw m, ǣ f
- Old Frisian: ēwe, ē m, ā f
- Old Saxon: ēo m
- Old Dutch: ēwa f
- Old High German: ēwa f
References[edit]
Categories:
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ey- (life)
- Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic lemmas
- Proto-West Germanic nouns
- Proto-West Germanic masculine nouns
- gmw-pro:Time
- Proto-West Germanic masculine a-stem nouns
- Proto-West Germanic terms with unknown etymologies
- gmw-pro:Law