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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/auþijaz

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 *h₂ewtyos (forlorn, deserted), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew (away from).

Adjective

*auþijaz[1]

  1. void, empty, barren, deserted, waste

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *auþī
    • Old English: īeþe
    • Old Saxon: *ōthi
    • Old Dutch: *ōdi
      • Middle Dutch: odelijc
    • Old High German: ōdi
      • Middle High German: œde
  • Old Norse: auðr
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (auþeis)
  • Proto-Finnic: *autijo (see there for further descendants)
  • → Pre-Samic: *awta
    • Proto-Samic: *vuovtē (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*auþja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43
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