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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/awô
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂ō, an on-stem variant of *h₂éwh₂os. Compare in particular Proto-Celtic *awon-tīr (“uncle”) and Latin avunculus (“~ maternal uncle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑ.wɔːː/
Noun
*awô m[1]
- grandfather
Inflection
| masculine an-stemDeclension of *awô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *awô | *awaniz | |
| vocative | *awô | *awaniz | |
| accusative | *awanų | *awanunz | |
| genitive | *awiniz | *awanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *awini | *awammaz | |
| instrumental | *awinē | *awammiz | |
Related terms
- *awahaimaz
- *awǭ
Descendants
- Old Norse: afi, ái (possibly; alternatively from Proto-Germanic *anô)
- Icelandic: afi, ái
- Faroese: avi
- ⇒ Faroese: abbi
Further reading
- “afi” and “ái” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*awa/ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 44