Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ehw

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 *ehwaz.

Noun

*ehw m[1]

horse
Synonyms: *hross, *marh, *parafred, *wigi

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ehw
Genitive	*ehwas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ehw	ehwō, ehwōs
Accusative	*ehw	*ehwā
Genitive	*ehwas	*ehwō
Dative	*ehwē	*ehwum
Instrumental	*ehwu	*ehwum

Descendants

Old English: eoh
Old Saxon: ehu-, eo- (in compounds)
Old High German: ehu- (in compounds)

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178: “PWGmc *ehu, *ehw-”

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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 178: “PWGmc *ehu, *ehw-”