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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/awi

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 1

From Proto-Germanic *awiz.

Noun

*awi f[1]

  1. ewe
Inflection
i-stem
Singular
Nominative *awi
Genitive *awī
Singular Plural
Nominative *awi *awī
Accusative *awi *awī
Genitive *awī *auwjō
Dative *awī *awim, *auwjum
Instrumental *awī *awim, *auwjum
Descendants
  • Old English: eowu
    • Middle English: ewe, awe, eu, ouwe, yeue, yowe
      • English: ewe
      • Scots: yowe, yhow
      • Yola: yowe
  • Old Frisian: ei, ey
    • Saterland Frisian: oye, Oue
    • West Frisian: ei
  • Old Saxon: ewi, ewwi
    • Middle Low German: ewe
      • Low German: Eev, Öwwe
        German Low German: Öi, Ei
  • Old Dutch: *ōi, *ouwi, *ouw
  • Old High German: awi, au, ou, ouwi
    • Middle High German: ouwe
      • Alemannic German: Au
      • Cimbrian: öbe
      • German: Aue

Etymology 2

Probably from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éw-is, from *h₂ew- (“to perceive”) +‎ *-is.[2] Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“to see; eye”).

Adverb

*awi (comparative *awi, superlative *awist)

  1. obvious
Derived terms
  • *awitorht (+ *torht (“bright, clear”))
    • Old High German: awizoraht (“openly”)
  • *awiwīs (+ *wīs (“wise”))
    • Old English: ēawis (“apparently”)

References
  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148: “PWGmc *awi”
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*awiz”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 45
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