Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/augā

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 *augô.

Noun

*augā n[1]

eye

Inflection

Neuter an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*augā
Genitive	*augini
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*augā	*augōn
Accusative	*augā	*augōn
Genitive	*augini	*auganō
Dative	*augini	*augum
Instrumental	*augini	*augum

Descendants

Old English: ēage, ēge
- Middle English: eie, yȝe, ye, yë, yghe, eye, eȝhe, eȝe, eighe, eyghe, eyȝe
  - English: eye
  - Scots: ee
Old Frisian: āge, āg
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: uug
- Saterland Frisian: Ooge
- West Frisian: each
Old Saxon: ōga
- Middle Low German: ōge
  - Low German:
    - German Low German:
      Hamburgisch: Oog
    - Westphalian:
      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Äuge
      Sauerländisch: Äoge, Auge, Eyege, Ouge, Oue
      Westmünsterländisch: Ooge, Oog
  - Plautdietsch: Uag
Old Dutch: ōga
- Middle Dutch: ôge
  - Dutch: oog
  - Limburgish: oug
Old High German: ouga
- Middle High German: ouge
  - Alemannic German: Aug
    Swabian: Aug
  - Bavarian: Aug
    Cimbrian: [Term?]
    Mòcheno: [Term?]
  - Central Franconian: Ooch, Auch, Au
    Hunsrik: Au
    Kölsch: Ouch
    Luxembourgish: A
  - East Central German: [Term?]
    Upper Saxon: Ooche
    Vilamovian: aojg
  - East Franconian: [Term?]
  - German: Auge
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Palatine German: Aag
    Pennsylvania German: Aag
  - Yiddish: אויג‎ (oyg)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 153: “PWGmc *augā”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 153: “PWGmc *augā”