Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/agi

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 *agaz.

Noun

*agi m[1]

(Anglo-Frisian Germanic) fear
Synonyms: *agisō, *angosti, *forhtu

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*agi
Genitive	*agī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*agi	*agī
Accusative	*agi	*agī
Genitive	*agī	*aggjō
Dative	*agī	agim, aggjum
Instrumental	*agī	agim, aggjum

Derived terms

*agisōn

Related terms

*agisō

Descendants

Old English: eġe, æġe, eiġe
- Middle English: eye, eie, eȝe, eȝȝe, eyȝe, eiȝe
  - English: ey (obsolete)

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 237: “PWGmc *agi”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 237: “PWGmc *agi”