Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ahwō

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 *h₂ékʷeh₂ (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.xʷɔː/

Noun

*ahwō f

1. stream, river

   Synonyms: *albī, *flaumaz, *fleutą, *flōduz, *rīþaz, *straumaz

2. water

   Synonyms: *watōr, *auraz

Inflection

Declension of *ahwō (ō-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*ahwō	*ahwôz
vocative	*ahwō	*ahwôz
accusative	*ahwǭ	*ahwōz
genitive	*ahwōz	*ahwǫ̂
dative	*ahwōi	*ahwōmaz
instrumental	*ahwō	*ahwōmiz

Related terms

• *awjō

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *ahu
  • Old English: ēa, ǣ, *ēo
    • Middle English: ee, æ, ea, eaa (Early Middle English), *eo
      • English: ea, Eau, eau, yeo
    • ⇒ Old English: edēa (with prefix ed-)
      • Middle English: eddy
        • English: eddy
  • 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
      • Dutch: a, Aa
  • Old High German: aha
    • Middle High German: ahe
      • German: Ach, Ache (obsolete or dialectal, chiefly in toponyms)
• Proto-Norse: *ᚨᚺᚹᚢ (*ahwu), *ᚨᚺᚹᚨ- (*ahwa-)
  • Old Norse: á, ǫ́
    • Icelandic: á
    • Faroese: á
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: å
    • Old Swedish: ā
      • Swedish: å
    • Old Danish: ā
      • Danish: å
        • Norwegian Bokmål: å
    • → Middle English: aa
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍈𐌰 (aƕa)