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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/auþī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *auþuz + * (adjective suffix).

Adjective

*auþī[1]

  1. easy
Inflection
ja-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *auþī
Genitive *auþijas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *auþī *auþiju *auþī
Accusative *auþijanā *auþijā *auþī
Genitive *auþijas *auþijeʀā *auþijas
Dative *auþijumē *auþijeʀē *auþijumē
Instrumental *auþiju *auþijeʀu *auþiju
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *auþijē *auþijō *auþiju
Accusative *auþijā *auþijā *auþiju
Genitive *auþijeʀō *auþijeʀō *auþijeʀō
Dative *auþijēm, *auþijum *auþijēm, *auþijum *auþijēm, *auþijum
Instrumental *auþijēm, *auþijum *auþijēm, *auþijum *auþijēm, *auþijum
Descendants
  • Old English: īeþe, ēaþe, ȳþe
    • Middle English: ethe, eithe, ith
      • English: eath
      • Scots: eith
      • Yola: eeth, eêth, eafe, eeefe
  • Old Saxon: ōthi
    • Middle Low German: ode
      • German Low German: ööd, öög
  • Old Dutch: *oudi
    • Middle Dutch: ode
      • Dutch: (dialectal) ode
      • Limburgish: uue, uui
  • Old High German: *ōdi (attested in derivatives: ōdlīh, unōdi)
    • Middle High German: œde

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *auþijaz.

Adjective

*auþī

  1. empty, barren
Inflection
ja-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *auþī
Genitive *auþijas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *auþī *auþiju *auþī
Accusative *auþijanā *auþijā *auþī
Genitive *auþijas *auþijeʀā *auþijas
Dative *auþijumē *auþijeʀē *auþijumē
Instrumental *auþiju *auþijeʀu *auþiju
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *auþijē *auþijō *auþiju
Accusative *auþijā *auþijā *auþiju
Genitive *auþijeʀō *auþijeʀō *auþijeʀō
Dative *auþijēm, *auþijum *auþijēm, *auþijum *auþijēm, *auþijum
Instrumental *auþijēm, *auþijum *auþijēm, *auþijum *auþijēm, *auþijum
Descendants
  • Old English: īeþe
  • Old Saxon: *ōthi
  • Old Dutch: *ōdi
    • Middle Dutch: odelijc
  • Old High German: ōdi
    • Middle High German: œde

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 246:PWGmc *auþī
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