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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aistô

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 *h₂oyd-sth₂-o-, from the root *h₂eyd- (“to swell”) (see *aitaz, *aitrą) with a suffixed root *-sth₂-, a formation common also to Balto-Slavic: Lithuanian ìnkstas (“testicle, kidney”), Old Church Slavonic исто (isto, “testicle, (pl.) kidneys, guts”). Compare also Albanian eshke, veshkë (“kidney”).[1]

Noun

*aistô n[1]

  1. testicle
    Synonyms: *neurô, *balluz

Inflection
neuter an-stemDeclension of *aistô (neuter an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *aistô *aistōnō
vocative *aistô *aistōnō
accusative *aistô *aistōnō
genitive *aistiniz *aistanǫ̂
dative *aistini *aistammaz
instrumental *aistinē *aistammiz

Descendants
  • Old Norse: eista
    • Icelandic: eista
    • Faroese: eista
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: eiste

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aistōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 14
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