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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/auþuz

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 *h₂éwtus, itself a derivation from *h₂ew-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯.θuz/

Adjective

*auþuz[1]

  1. easy, light

Inflection


  • *awją (luck)

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *auþī
    • Old English: īeþe, ēaþe, ȳþe
      • Middle English: ethe, eithe, ith
        • English: eath
        • Scots: eith
        • Yola: eeth, eêth, eafe, eeefe
    • Old Saxon: ōthi
      • Middle Low German: ode
        • German Low German: ööd, öög
    • Old Dutch: *oudi
      • Middle Dutch: ode
        • Middle Dutch: odelijc
        • Limburgish: uue
    • Old High German: ōdi
  • Old Norse: auð-
    • Icelandic: auð-; auð (adverb)
    • Faroese: eyð-
    • Norwegian: aud-

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*auþu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43
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