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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ahu
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ahwō.
Noun
*ahu f[1]
- river
Inflection
wō-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *ahu | |
Genitive | *ahwā | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *ahu | *ahwō |
Accusative | *ahwā | *ahwā |
Genitive | *ahwā | *ahwō |
Dative | *ahwē | *ahwōm |
Instrumental | *ahu | *ahwōm |
Descendants
- Old English: ēa, ǣ
- English: ea, eau, yeo, eddy
- Old Frisian: ā, ē
- North Frisian: ia
- Saterland Frisian: Äi
- West Frisian: ie
- Old Saxon: aha
- Old Dutch: ā
- Middle Dutch: â
- Dutch: a
- Middle Dutch: â
- Old High German: aha
- German: Ach, Ache (obsolete or dialectal, chiefly in toponyms)
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 177: “PWGmc *ahu”