Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiþ

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiþaz.

Noun

*aiþ m

1. oath

   Synonym: *aiþastab

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*aiþ, *aiþa
Genitive	*aiþas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aiþ, *aiþa	*aiþōs
Accusative	*aiþ, *aiþa	*aiþā
Genitive	*aiþas	*aiþō
Dative	*aiþē	*aiþum
Instrumental	*aiþu	*aiþum

Derived terms

• *aiþī
• *aiþijan

Descendants

• Old English: āþ
  • Middle English: oth, ooth, ath
    • English: oath
    • Scots: aith
    • Yola: oathès (plural)
• Old Frisian: ēth, āth
  • North Frisian: ith, iss
  • Saterland Frisian: Eed
  • West Frisian: eed
• Old Saxon: ēth
  • Middle Low German: êt
    • German Low German: Eed
    • Plautdietsch: Eit
• Old Dutch: *ēth
  • Middle Dutch: êet
    • Dutch: eed
      • Afrikaans: eed
      • Negerhollands: eed, eid
• Old High German: eid, aid — Lombardic
  • Middle High German: eit
    • German: Eid
    • Luxembourgish: Eed
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Frankfurterisch: IPA [ait]

  • ⇒ Lombardic: *aido (“oath-helper”) (attested as aidos pl (“oath-helpers”))