Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/auwju

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 *awjō.

Noun

*auwju f

island

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*auwju	*auwjō
Accusative	*auwjā	*auwjā
Genitive	*auwjā	*auwjō
Dative	*auwjē	*auwjōm
Instrumental	*auwju	*auwjōm

Descendants

Old English: īeġ, ēġ
- Middle English: ei, i, ie
  - English: ey
- ⇒ Old English: īġoþ
  - Middle English: eyt
    - English: eyot, ait
- ⇒ Old English: īeġland, īġland
  - Middle English: yland, iland
    - English: island
Old Frisian: ā
- Saterland Frisian: Äi
Old Saxon: ōia
- Middle Low German: ouwe, ou, ow, ō (in compounds)
Old Dutch: ōi, *owe
- Middle Dutch: ooy, ouwe
  - Dutch: ooibos, landouw
Old High German: ouwa
- Middle High German: ouwe
  - German: Au, Aue
  - Luxembourgish: A