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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ētijaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From the same Proto-Indo-European word as Sanskrit आद्य (ādyá). Equivalent to *etaną + *-ijaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛː.ti.jɑz/
Adjective
*ētijaz
- edible
Inflection
Declension of *ētijaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *ētijaz | *ētijai | *ētijō | *ētijôz | *ētiją, -atō | *ētijō |
| Accusative | *ētijanǭ | *ētijanz | *ētijǭ | *ētijōz | *ētiją, -atō | *ētijō |
| Genitive | *ētijas, -īs | *ētijaizǫ̂ | *ētijaizōz | *ētijaizǫ̂ | *ētijas, -īs | *ētijaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *ētijammai | *ētijaimaz | *ētijaizōi | *ētijaimaz | *ētijammai | *ētijaimaz |
| Instrumental | *ētijanō | *ētijaimiz | *ētijaizō | *ētijaimiz | *ētijanō | *ētijaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *ētijô | *ētijaniz | *ētijǭ | *ētijōniz | *ētijô | *ētijōnō |
| Accusative | *ētijanų | *ētijanunz | *ētijōnų | *ētijōnunz | *ētijô | *ētijōnō |
| Genitive | *ētīniz | *ētijanǫ̂ | *ētijōniz | *ētijōnǫ̂ | *ētīniz | *ētijanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *ētīni | *ētijammaz | *ētijōni | *ētijōmaz | *ētīni | *ētijammaz |
| Instrumental | *ētīnē | *ētijammiz | *ētijōnē | *ētijōmiz | *ētīnē | *ētijammiz |
Descendants
- Old English: *ǣte, miċelǣte, oferǣte
- Old Saxon: *āti
- Middle Low German: ēte
- Old High German: *āzi
- Middle High German: ǣze
- Old Norse: ætr
- Icelandic: ætur
- Westrobothnian: -äten, -et’n, -etal
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.