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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiþį̄

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Germanic

Etymology

1) Nursery word; compare Basque aita (father).

2) From Proto-Indo-European. Compare Proto-Indo-Aryan *āī (“mother”), whence Marathi आई (āī, “mother”), Assamese আই (ai, “mother”)

Noun

*aiþį̄ f[1]

  1. mother
    Synonyms: *mōdēr, *mōmǭ

Inflection
īn-stemDeclension of *aiþį̄ (īn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *aiþį̄ *aiþīniz
vocative *aiþį̄ *aiþīniz
accusative *aiþīnų *aiþīnunz
genitive *aiþīniz *aiþīnǫ̂
dative *aiþīni *aiþīmaz
instrumental *aiþīnē *aiþīmiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *aiþī
    • Old High German: *eidī
      • Middle High German: eide
      • ⇒ Old High German: fuotareidī
  • Old Norse: eiða
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 (aiþei)
  • → Proto-Finnic: *äitei (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aiþīn- ~ *aiþōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 15
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