Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ait(t)r

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 *aitrą.

Noun

*ait(t)r n[1]

poison
boil, sore

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ait(t)r	*ait(t)ru
Accusative	*ait(t)r	*ait(t)ru
Genitive	*ait(t)ras	*ait(t)rō
Dative	*ait(t)rē	*ait(t)rum
Instrumental	*ait(t)ru	*ait(t)rum

Descendants

Old English: ātor, āttor, ǣtor, ǣttor
- Middle English: ater, atter
  - Scots: attir, atter, etter
  - English: atter
Old Frisian: āter, ater, ātter, atter
- Saterland Frisian: Atter
- West Frisian: etter
Old Saxon: ēttor, ēttar; eitir
- Middle Low German: etter
  - German Low German: Etter, Atter
Old Dutch: *ētar, *ēttar; eitir
- Middle Dutch: etter, atter
  - Dutch: etter, atter
Old High German: eitar, eittar
- Middle High German: eiter
  - German: Eiter
  - Luxembourgish: Eeter

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54: “PWGmc *aitr, *aittra-”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54: “PWGmc *aitr, *aittra-”