Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/awiz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.wiz/

Noun

*awiz f[1]

ewe
sheep in general
Synonyms: *fahaz, *skēpą

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *awiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*awiz	*awīz
vocative	*awi	*awīz
accusative	*awį	*awinz
genitive	*awīz	*awjǫ̂
dative	*awī	*awimaz
instrumental	*awī	*awimiz

Derived terms

*awidiją
*awistrą

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *awi
- Old English: eowu
  - Middle English: ewe, awe, eu, ouwe, yeue, yowe
    - English: ewe
    - Scots: yowe, yhow
    - Yola: yowe
- Old Frisian: ei, ey
  - Saterland Frisian: oye, Oue
  - West Frisian: ei
- Old Saxon: ewi, ewwi
  - Middle Low German: ewe
    - Low German: Eev, Öwwe
      German Low German: Öi, Ei
- Old Dutch: *ōi, *ouwi, *ouw
  - Middle Dutch: ou, ooi
    - Dutch: ooi
      - Afrikaans: ooi
- Old High German: awi, au, ou, ouwi
  - Middle High German: ouwe
    - Alemannic German: Au
    - Cimbrian: öbe
    - German: Aue
Old Norse: ær
- Icelandic: ær
- Faroese: ær
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ærsaud, ærsau
- Danish: ålam (Thy dialect)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*awi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 45

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*awi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 45