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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/auþuz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwtus, itself a derivation from *h₂ew-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯.θuz/
Adjective
*auþuz[1]
- easy, light
Inflection
Declension of *auþuz (u-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *auþuz | *auþijai | *auþī | *auþijôz | *auþų, *-jatō | *auþijō |
| accusative | *auþijanǭ | *auþijanz | *auþijǭ | *auþijōz | *auþų, *-jatō | *auþijō |
| genitive | *auþijas, *auþīs | *auþijaizǫ̂ | *auþijaizōz | *auþijaizǫ̂ | *auþijas, *auþīs | *auþijaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *auþijammai | *auþijaimaz | *auþijaizōi | *auþijaimaz | *auþijammai | *auþijaimaz |
| instrumental | *auþijanō | *auþijaimiz | *auþijaizō | *auþijaimiz | *auþijanō | *auþijaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *auþijô | *auþijaniz | *auþijǭ | *auþijōniz | *auþijô | *auþijōnō |
| accusative | *auþijanų | *auþijanunz | *auþijōnų | *auþijōnunz | *auþijô | *auþijōnō |
| genitive | *auþīniz | *auþijanǫ̂ | *auþijōniz | *auþijōnǫ̂ | *auþīniz | *auþijanǫ̂ |
| dative | *auþīni | *auþijammaz | *auþijōni | *auþijōmaz | *auþīni | *auþijammaz |
| instrumental | *auþīnē | *auþijammiz | *auþijōnē | *auþijōmiz | *auþīnē | *auþijammiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *auþī
- Old English: īeþe
- Middle English: ethe, eithe, ith
- English: eath
- Scots: eith
- Yola: eeth, eêth, eafe, eeefe
- Middle English: ethe, eithe, ith
- Old Saxon: ōthi
- Middle Low German: ode
- German Low German: ööd, öög
- Middle Low German: ode
- Old Dutch: *oudi
- Middle Dutch: ode
- ⇒ Middle Dutch: odelijc
- Dutch: olijk
- ⇒ Middle Dutch: odelijc
- Middle Dutch: ode
- Old High German: ōdi
- ⇒ Old High German: ōdlīh, ōdlīhho
- Old English: īeþe
- Old Norse: auð-
- Icelandic: auð-; auð (adverb)
- Faroese: eyð-
- Norwegian: aud-
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*auþu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43