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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiþį̄
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
1) Nursery word; compare Basque aita (father).
2) From Proto-Indo-European. Compare Proto-Indo-Aryan *āī (“mother”), whence Marathi आई (āī, “mother”), Assamese আই (ai, “mother”)
Noun
*aiþį̄ f[1]
- mother
- Synonyms: *mōdēr, *mōmǭ
Inflection
| īn-stemDeclension of *aiþį̄ (īn-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *aiþį̄ | *aiþīniz | |
| vocative | *aiþį̄ | *aiþīniz | |
| accusative | *aiþīnų | *aiþīnunz | |
| genitive | *aiþīniz | *aiþīnǫ̂ | |
| dative | *aiþīni | *aiþīmaz | |
| instrumental | *aiþīnē | *aiþīmiz | |
Descendants
- Old High German: *eidi
- Middle High German: eide
- Old Norse: eiða
- Icelandic: eiða
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 (aiþei)
- → Proto-Finnic: *äitei (see there for further descendants)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aiþīn- ~ *aiþōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 15