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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ajją
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
By Holtzmann's law from *ojóm, by Dybo's law from *ōjóm, by Mahlow's law from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑj.jɑ̃/
Noun
*ajją n[1]
- egg
Inflection
| neuter ja-stemDeclension of *ajją (neuter ja-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *ajją | *ajjō | |
| vocative | *ajją | *ajjō | |
| accusative | *ajją | *ajjō | |
| genitive | *ajjas, *ajis | *ajjǫ̂ | |
| dative | *ajjai | *ajjamaz | |
| instrumental | *ajjō | *ajjamiz | |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *aij
- Old English: ǣġ
- Middle English: ey, ay, aye, ei, eye, eyȝ; æȝ
- English: ey
- ⇒ Middle English: cokeney, cokenay (disputed)
- English: Cockney
- Middle English: ey, ay, aye, ei, eye, eyȝ; æȝ
- Old Frisian: *ei
- Saterland Frisian: Oai
- West Frisian: aei, aai
- Old Saxon: ei, eig, egg
- Middle Low German: ei, egg, eig
- Low German:
- German Low German: Ei
- Westphalian:
- Lippisch: Egg
- Märkisch: Ägg
- Ravensbergisch: Åich
- Sauerländisch: Ai
- Westmünsterländisch: Äi
- Westphalian:
- Plautdietsch: Ei
- German Low German: Ei
- Low German:
- Middle Low German: ei, egg, eig
- Old Dutch: *ei
- Middle Dutch: ei
- Dutch: ei
- Afrikaans: eier
- Berbice Creole Dutch: airi
- Jersey Dutch: āi
- Negerhollands: ee, eiu, eyu, eju
- Limburgish: ei
- Dutch: ei
- Middle Dutch: ei
- Old High German: ei
- Middle High German: ei
- Alemannic German:
- Swabian: Oi
- Bavarian: Oa
- Mòcheno: oi
- Central Franconian: Ei, Ää, Aai
- Luxembourgish: Ee
- German: Ei
- Vilamovian: e
- Yiddish: איי (ey)
- Alemannic German:
- Middle High German: ei
- Old English: ǣġ
- Old Norse: egg
- Icelandic: egg
- Faroese: egg
- Norwegian Bokmål: egg
- Elfdalian: egg
- Westrobothnian: aigg
- Old Swedish: æg
- Swedish: ägg
- Scanian: ægg
- Danish: æg
- → Middle English: eg
- English: egg, egge
- Jamaican Creole: eg
- Sranan Tongo: eksi
- Scots: egg
- Yola: egges (plural)
- English: egg, egge
- Crimean Gothic: ada
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ajja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 17