Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᚨᚢᚷᛟ

This Proto-Norse 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-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *augô (whence Old English ēaġe, Old Saxon ōga, Old High German ouga, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (augō)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”); compare Latin oculus, Old Church Slavonic око (oko).

Noun

*ᚨᚢᚷᛟ (*augo)

eye

Derived terms

ᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ (augiʀ, “eyed”) (in ᚷᛚᛇᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ (glïaugiʀ, “gleaming-eyed”))

Descendants

Old Norse: auga
- Icelandic: auga
- Faroese: eyga
- Norwegian Nynorsk: auga n
- Norwegian: (dialectal) auga, aua, aue f or n, auwe, ouwe, ouga
- Jamtish: ouge
- Elfdalian: oga
- Old Swedish: ø̄gha
  - Swedish: öga
    - → Finnish: ööga
- Scanian: yva
- Old Danish: ø̄ghæ
  - Danish: øje
    - Norwegian Bokmål: øye
- Gutnish: auge

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