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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/agi
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *agaz.
Noun
*agi m[1]
- fear
Inflection
i-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *agi | |
Genitive | *agī | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *agi | *agī |
Accusative | *agi | *agī |
Genitive | *agī | *aggjō |
Dative | *agī | *agim |
Instrumental | *agī | *agim |
Derived terms
- *agisōn
Related terms
- *agisō
Descendants
- Old English: eġe, æġe, eiġe
- Middle English: eye, æie, eȝe, eȝȝe, eiȝe, eghe, eie, aye, ay
- English: ey (obsolete, regional, rare)
- Middle English: eye, æie, eȝe, eȝȝe, eiȝe, eghe, eie, aye, ay
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 237: “PWGmc *agi”