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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/auþī
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *auþuz.
Adjective
*auþī[1]
- easy
Inflection
| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *auþī | ||
| Genitive | *auþijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *auþī | *auþiju | *auþī |
| Accusative | *auþijanā | *auþijā | *auþī |
| Genitive | *auþijas | *auþijeʀā | *auþijas |
| Dative | *auþijumē | *auþijeʀē | *auþijumē |
| Instrumental | *auþiju | *auþijeʀu | *auþiju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *auþijē | *auþijō | *auþiju |
| Accusative | *auþijā | *auþijā | *auþiju |
| Genitive | *auþijeʀō | *auþijeʀō | *auþijeʀō |
| Dative | *auþijēm, *auþijum | *auþijēm, *auþijum | *auþijēm, *auþijum |
| Instrumental | *auþijēm, *auþijum | *auþijēm, *auþijum | *auþijēm, *auþijum |
Descendants
- Old English: īeþe
- Middle English: ethe, eithe, ith
- English: eath
- Scots: eith
- Yola: eeth, eêth, eafe, eeefe
- Middle English: ethe, eithe, ith
- Old Saxon: ōthi
- Middle Low German: ode
- German Low German: ööd, öög
- Middle Low German: ode
- Old Dutch: *oudi
- Middle Dutch: ode
- ⇒ Middle Dutch: odelijc
- Dutch: olijk
- ⇒ Middle Dutch: odelijc
- Middle Dutch: ode
- Old High German: ōdi
- ⇒ Old High German: ōdlīh, ōdlīhho
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *auþijaz.
Adjective
*auþī
- empty, barren
Inflection
| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *auþī | ||
| Genitive | *auþijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *auþī | *auþiju | *auþī |
| Accusative | *auþijanā | *auþijā | *auþī |
| Genitive | *auþijas | *auþijeʀā | *auþijas |
| Dative | *auþijumē | *auþijeʀē | *auþijumē |
| Instrumental | *auþiju | *auþijeʀu | *auþiju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *auþijē | *auþijō | *auþiju |
| Accusative | *auþijā | *auþijā | *auþiju |
| Genitive | *auþijeʀō | *auþijeʀō | *auþijeʀō |
| Dative | *auþijēm, *auþijum | *auþijēm, *auþijum | *auþijēm, *auþijum |
| Instrumental | *auþijēm, *auþijum | *auþijēm, *auþijum | *auþijēm, *auþijum |
Descendants
- Old English: īeþe
- Old Saxon: *ōthi
- Middle Low German: ȫde
- German Low German: öde, ööd
- Middle Low German: ȫde
- Old High German: ōdi
- Middle High German: öde
- German: öde
- Middle High German: öde
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 246: “PWGmc *auþī”