Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ajją

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

By Holtzmann's law from *oyóm, by Dybo's law from *ōyóm, by Mahlow's law from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑj.jɑ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɑj.jɑ̃

Noun

*ajją n

1. egg

Inflection

Declension of *ajją (neuter ja-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*ajją	*ajjō
vocative	*ajją	*ajjō
accusative	*ajją	*ajjō
genitive	*ajjas, *ajis	*ajjǫ̂
dative	*ajjai	*ajjamaz
instrumental	*ajjō	*ajjamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *aij
  • Old English: ǣġ, ǣġer — combining form
    • Middle English: ey, ay, aye, ei, eye, eyȝ, æȝ (Early Middle English)
      • English: (obsolete) ey
      • ⇒ Middle English: cokeney, cokenay (disputed)
        • English: Cockney
  • Old Frisian: *ei, *ai
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum: ai

    • Saterland Frisian: Oai
    • West Frisian: aai, aei
  • Old Saxon: ei, eig, egg
    • Middle Low German: ei, egg, eig
      • Low German:
        • German Low German: Ei

          Westphalian:

          Lippisch: Egg

          Märkisch: Ägg

          Ravensbergisch: Åich

          Sauerländisch: Ai

          Westmünsterländisch: Äi

        • Plautdietsch: Ei
  • Old Dutch: ei
    • Middle Dutch: ei, ey
      • Dutch: ei
        • Afrikaans: eier
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: airi
        • Jersey Dutch: āi
        • Negerhollands: ee, eiu, eyu, eju
      • Limburgish: ei, Éï
  • Old High German: ei
    • Middle High German: ei
      • Alemannic German:
        • Swabian: Oi
      • Bavarian: Oa
        • Mòcheno: oi
      • Central Franconian: Ei, Ää, Aai
        • Hunsrik: Eu
        • Luxembourgish: Ee
      • German: Ei
      • Vilamovian: e
      • Yiddish: איי (ey)
• Old Norse: egg
  • Icelandic: egg
  • Faroese: egg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: egg
  • Elfdalian: egg
  • Old Swedish: æg
    • Swedish: ägg
  • Scanian: ægg
  • Danish: æg
    • Norwegian Bokmål: egg
  • → Middle English: eg, eeg, egg, egge, egghe
    • English: egg (obsolete egge)
      • →⇒ German: not the yellow from the egg
      • Jamaican Creole: eg
      • Sranan Tongo: eksi
    • Middle Scots: eg, ege
      • Scots: egg
    • Yola: egges (plural)
• Crimean Gothic: ada

Further reading

• Vladimir Orel (2003), “*ajjaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 11