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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiw
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *aiwaz.
Noun
*aiw m
- long time, age, eternity
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *aiw | |
| Genitive | *aiwas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *aiw | *aiwō, *aiwōs |
| Accusative | *aiw | *aiwā |
| Genitive | *aiwas | *aiwō |
| Dative | *aiwē | *aiwum |
| Instrumental | *aiwu | *aiwum |
Derived terms
- *naiw
Alternative forms
- *aiwu
Descendants
- ⇒ Old English: āwa, ā (adverb)
- Middle English: ō, ā
- Old Frisian: ēwa; ēwe, ē
- West Frisian: iuw
- ⇒ Old Frisian: ā (adverb)
- Old Saxon: ēo, ēu, ē (also adverb)
- Middle Low German: ê, ee, eje, ewe
- German Low German: Ehe
- Middle Low German: ê, ee, eje, ewe
- Old Dutch: ēwa
- Middle Dutch: êwe, êeu
- Dutch: eeuw
- Afrikaans: eeu
- Limburgish: ieuw
- Dutch: eeuw
- ⇒ Old Dutch: io (adverb)
- Middle Dutch: ie
- Middle Dutch: êwe, êeu
- Old High German: ēwa, ēo, ēa
- Middle High German: ēwe, ē
- Alemannic German: Ee, E-e
- German: Ehe
- ⇒ Old High German: io (adverb)
- Middle High German: ie
- German: je
- Middle High German: ie
- Middle High German: ēwe, ē
Etymology 2
Uncertain; probably from *aiw (“long time, age, eternity”), compare the semantics of cognates Latin iūs (“law”), Proto-Brythonic *jʉð (“judge”).[1]
Noun
*aiw m
- law
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *aiw | |
| Genitive | *aiwas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *aiw | *aiwō, *aiwōs |
| Accusative | *aiw | *aiwā |
| Genitive | *aiwas | *aiwō |
| Dative | *aiwē | *aiwum |
| Instrumental | *aiwu | *aiwum |
Alternative reconstructions
- *aiwu f
Derived terms
- *aiwijan
Descendants
- Old English: ǣw m, ǣ f
- Middle English: æ, e
- Old Frisian: ēwe, ē m, ā f
- Old Saxon: ēo m
- Old Dutch: ēwa f
- Old High German: ēwa f
- Middle High German: ēwe f, ē f
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aiwa/ō- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 16