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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aitrą
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyd-ro-m, from *h₂eyd- (“to swell; swelling, tumour, abscess”).[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek οἶδος (oîdos, “tumour, swelling”) and the first element *οἰδῐ́- (*oidí-) of the name Οἰδῐ́πους (Oidípous, “Oedipus”, literally “swollen-footed”), as well as with Old Church Slavonic ꙗдра (jadra, “bosom, embrace”, pl.).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯.trɑ̃/
Noun
*aitrą n[1]
- poison
- pus
Inflection
| neuter a-stemDeclension of *aitrą (neuter a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *aitrą | *aitrō | |
| vocative | *aitrą | *aitrō | |
| accusative | *aitrą | *aitrō | |
| genitive | *aitras, *aitris | *aitrǫ̂ | |
| dative | *aitrai | *aitramaz | |
| instrumental | *aitrō | *aitramiz | |
Related terms
- *aitaz
- *aitijǭ
- *aitǭ
- *aitrijaną
- *aitrōną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *ait(t)r
- Old English: ātor, āttor, ǣtor, ǣttor
- Middle English: ater, atter
- Scots: attir, atter, etter
- English: atter
- Middle English: ater, atter
- Old Frisian: āter, ater, ātter, atter
- Saterland Frisian: Atter
- West Frisian: etter
- Old Saxon: ēttor, ēttar; eitir
- Middle Low German: etter
- German Low German: Etter, Atter
- Middle Low German: etter
- Old Dutch: *ētar, *ēttar; eitir
- Middle Dutch: etter, atter
- Dutch: etter, atter
- Middle Dutch: etter, atter
- Old High German: eitar, eittar
- Middle High German: eiter
- German: Eiter
- Luxembourgish: Eeter
- Middle High German: eiter
- Old English: ātor, āttor, ǣtor, ǣttor
- Old Norse: eitr
- Elfdalian: ietter (“venom; pus”)[1]
- Icelandic: eitur
- Faroese: eitur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: eiter
- Norwegian Bokmål: edder
- Old Swedish: ēter
- Swedish: etter
- Old Danish: ētær
- Danish: edder
- Westrobothnian: eiter
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aitra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 14