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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ēsą
Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *ēsaz
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēdsto- (“eaten”). Related to *etaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛː.sɑ̃/
Noun
*ēsą n
- food, carrion
- prey; bait
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *ēsą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *ēsą | *ēsō | |
vocative | *ēsą | *ēsō | |
accusative | *ēsą | *ēsō | |
genitive | *ēsas, *ēsis | *ēsǫ̂ | |
dative | *ēsai | *ēsamaz | |
instrumental | *ēsō | *ēsamiz |
Descendants
- Old English: ǣs
- Middle English: ēs, hes
- English: yess, iss, easse; eaceworm
- Middle English: ēs, hes
- Old Frisian: ēs
- Saterland Frisian: Oas; Äise
- West Frisian: ies
- Old Saxon: ās (found in angulās)
- Middle Low German: âs
- Danish: ås
- Swedish: as
- Middle Low German: âs
- Old Dutch: *ās
- Middle Dutch: aes
- Dutch: aas
- Afrikaans: aas
- West Frisian: aas
- Dutch: aas
- Middle Dutch: aes
- Old High German: ās
- Middle High German: ās
- German: Aas (merged with Middle High German āz, from *ētaz)
- Middle High German: ās