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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ehw
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ehwaz.
Noun
*ehw m[1]
- horse
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *ehw | |
Genitive | *ehwas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *ehw | *ehwō, *ehwōs |
Accusative | *ehw | *ehwā |
Genitive | *ehwas | *ehwō |
Dative | *ehwē | *ehwum |
Instrumental | *ehwu | *ehwum |
Descendants
- Old English: eoh
- Old Saxon: ehu-, eo- (in compounds)
- Old High German: ehu- (in compounds)
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178: “PWGmc *ehu, *ehw-”