Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/awjōlandą

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 *awjō +‎ *landą

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯.jɔː.ˌlɑn.dɑ̃/

Noun

*awjōlandą n

1. island

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *awjōlandą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*awjōlandą	*awjōlandō
vocative	*awjōlandą	*awjōlandō
accusative	*awjōlandą	*awjōlandō
genitive	*awjōlandas, *awjōlandis	*awjōlandǫ̂
dative	*awjōlandai	*awjōlandamaz
instrumental	*awjōlandō	*awjōlandamiz

Descendants

• Old English: ealand, ēaland, īeġland, īġland
  • Middle English: ylond, yland, iland
    • Scots: iland, yland
    • English: island (< earlier iland, with -s- through association with French isle, cf. English isle < Middle English ile)
• Old Frisian: alond, āland, eiland
  • North Frisian: eilun, Ailun, Eelun, ailönj
  • Saterland Frisian: Ailound, Oailound
  • West Frisian: eilân
  • → Old Saxon: eiland, eilant
    • Middle Low German: eilant, eiglant, eylant
      • Low German: Eiland
      • → German: Eiland (literary)
  • → Old Dutch: eilant
    • Middle Dutch: eilant
      • Dutch: eiland, eylant, eyland, eylandt, eijlandt, eilandt, eijlant, eijland (archaic)
        • Afrikaans: eiland
        • Negerhollands: eiland, eyland
        • → Sranan Tongo: eilanti
• Old Norse: eyland
  • Icelandic: eyland
  • Danish: øland