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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/īhwaz
Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *īgwō, *īwaz, *īwō[1]
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- (“yew”), with probably intrusive *-gw-/-hw- from *-w-. Cognate with Proto-Celtic *iwos, *īwos.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiː.xʷɑz/[2]
Noun
*īhwaz m
- yew
- name of the I-rune
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *īhwaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *īhwaz | *īhwōz, *īhwōs | |
vocative | *īhw | *īhwōz, *īhwōs | |
accusative | *īhwą | *īhwanz | |
genitive | *īhwas, *īhwis | *īhwǫ̂ | |
dative | *īhwai | *īhwamaz | |
instrumental | *īhwō | *īhwamiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *īhu
- Old English: īw, ēow, ēoh
- Middle English: ew, u, iw, iv, eev, hw, ewe
- English: yew
- Scots: yew, ewe
- Yola: yew
- Middle English: ew, u, iw, iv, eev, hw, ewe
- Old Saxon: īh, īch
- Middle Low German: îve, yue, iwe
- Old Dutch: *īwa
- Middle Dutch: ieve, ijf (possibly a reborrowing from Latin or Romance)
- Dutch: ijf
- Middle Dutch: ieve, ijf (possibly a reborrowing from Latin or Romance)
- Old High German: īwa, eiba, īgo, īga, īha f
- Middle High German: īwe, ībe
- Alemannic German: Iche, Ige
- Cimbrian: aiba
- German: Eibe
- Yiddish: אייבנבוים (eybnboym)
- Middle High German: īwe, ībe
- → Late Latin: ivus, *iva
- Spanish: iva
- Old French: if
- Middle French: if
- French: if
- Norman: if
- Middle French: if
- Old English: īw, ēow, ēoh
- Old Norse: ýr
- Icelandic: ýr
- Swedish: idegran
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*īwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 271
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*īxwaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 203–204