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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiþ
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *aiþaz.
Noun
*aiþ m
- oath
- Synonym: *aiþastab
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *aiþ | |
Genitive | *aiþas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *aiþ | *aiþō, *aiþōs |
Accusative | *aiþ | *aiþā |
Genitive | *aiþas | *aiþō |
Dative | *aiþē | *aiþum |
Instrumental | *aiþu | *aiþum |
Derived terms
- *aiþī
- *aiþijan
Descendants
- Old English: āþ
- Middle English: oth, ooth, ath
- English: oath
- Scots: aith
- Yola: oathès (plural)
- Middle English: oth, ooth, ath
- Old Frisian: ēth, āth
- North Frisian: ith, iss
- Saterland Frisian: Eed
- West Frisian: eed
- Old Saxon: ēth
- Middle Low German: êt
- German Low German: Eed
- Plautdietsch: Eit
- Middle Low German: êt
- Old Dutch: *ēth
- Middle Dutch: êet
- Dutch: eed
- Afrikaans: eed
- Dutch: eed
- Middle Dutch: êet
- Old High German: eid, aid
- Middle High German: eit
- German: Eid
- Luxembourgish: Eed
- Rhine Franconian:
- Frankfurterisch: IPA [ait]
- ⇒ Lombardic: *aido (“oath-helper”) (attested as aidos pl (“oath-helpers”))
- Middle High German: eit