Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aij

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ajją.

Noun

*aij n[1]

egg

Inflection

z-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*aij
Genitive	*aijiʀi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aij	*aijiʀu
Accusative	*aij	*aijiʀu
Genitive	*aijiʀi	*aijiʀō
Dative	*aijiʀi	*aijiʀum
Instrumental	*aijiʀi	*aijiʀum

Descendants

Old English: ǣġ
- Middle English: ey, æȝe, aye, ei
  - English: ey
  - ⇒ Middle English: cokeney, cokenay
    - English: Cockney
Old Frisian: *ei
- Saterland Frisian: Oai
- West Frisian: aei, aai
Old Saxon: ei, eig, egg
- Middle Low German: ei, egg, eig
  - Low German:
    - German Low German: Ei
    - Westphalian:
      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Åich
      Sauerländisch: Ai
      Westmünsterländisch: Äi
      Märkisch: Ägg
  - Plautdietsch: Ei
Old Dutch: *ei
- Middle Dutch: ei
  - Dutch: ei
    - Afrikaans: eier
Old High German: ei
- Middle High German: ei
  - Alemannic German:
    Swabian: Oi
  - Bavarian: Oa
  - German: Ei
  - Luxembourgish: Ee
  - Vilamovian: e
  - Yiddish: איי‎ (ey)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 66: “PWGmc *aij”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 66: “PWGmc *aij”