Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aitrą

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 *h₂eyd-ro-m, from *h₂eyd- (“to swell; swelling, tumour, abscess”). Cognate with Ancient Greek οἶδος (oîdos, “tumour, swelling”) and the first element *οἰδῐ́- (*oidí-) of the name Οἰδῐ́πους (Oidípous, “Oedipus”, literally “swollen-footed”), as well as with Old Church Slavonic ꙗдра (jadra, “bosom, embrace”, pl.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯.trɑ̃/

Noun

*aitrą n

1. poison
2. pus

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *aitrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*aitrą	*aitrō
vocative	*aitrą	*aitrō
accusative	*aitrą	*aitrō
genitive	*aitras, *aitris	*aitrǫ̂
dative	*aitrai	*aitramaz
instrumental	*aitrō	*aitramiz

Related terms

• *aitaz
• *aitijǭ
• *aitǭ
• *aitrijaną
• *aitrōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *aitr
  • Old English: ātor, āttor, ǣtor, ǣttor
    • Middle English: atter, attere, attir, attre, atture, attyr, attyre, atterr (Ormulum)
      • English: atter
      • Scots: atter, etter
  • Old Frisian: āter, ater, ātter, atter
    • Saterland Frisian: Atter
    • West Frisian: etter
  • Old Saxon: ēttor, ēttar; eitir
    • Middle Low German: etter
      • German Low German: Etter, Atter
  • Old Dutch: *ētar, *ēttar; eitir
    • Middle Dutch: etter, atter
      • Dutch: etter, atter
  • Old High German: eitar, eittar
    • Middle High German: eiter
      • German: Eiter
      • Luxembourgish: Eeter
• Old Norse: eitr
  • Elfdalian: ietter (“venom; pus”)
  • Icelandic: eitur
  • Faroese: eitur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eiter, eitr
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: eiter
  • Old Swedish: ēter
    • Swedish: etter
    • ⇒ Old Swedish: ēterkoppa
      • Swedish: etterkopp
  • Old Danish: ētær
    • Danish: edder
      • Norwegian Bokmål: edder
    • ⇒ Old Danish: etærkop, ederkoppæ
      • Danish: edderkop
        • Norwegian Bokmål: edderkopp
          • → Norwegian Nynorsk: edderkopp