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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/awiz

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.wiz/

Noun

*awiz f[1]

  1. ewe
  2. sheep in general
    Synonyms: *fahaz, *skēpą

Inflection
i-stemDeclension of *awiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *awiz *awīz
vocative *awi *awīz
accusative *awį *awinz
genitive *awīz *awjǫ̂
dative *awī *awimaz
instrumental *awī *awimiz

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *awi
    • Old English: eowu
      • Middle English: ewe, awe, eu, ouwe, yeue, yowe
        • English: ewe
        • Scots: yowe, yhow
        • Yola: yowe
    • Old Frisian: ei, ey
      • Saterland Frisian: oye, Oue
      • West Frisian: ei
    • Old Saxon: ewi, ewwi
      • Middle Low German: ewe
        • Low German: Eev, Öwwe
          German Low German: Öi, Ei
    • Old Dutch: *ōi, *ouwi, *ouw
    • Old High German: awi, au, ou, ouwi
      • Middle High German: ouwe
        • Alemannic German: Au
        • Cimbrian: öbe
        • German: Aue
  • Old Norse: ær
    • Icelandic: ær
    • Faroese: ær
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: ærsaud, ærsau
    • Danish: ålam (Thy dialect)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*awi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 45
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