Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/auwju

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

From Proto-Germanic *awjō.

Noun

*auwju f

floodplain, meadow
island

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*auwju
Genitive	*auwjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*auwju	*auwjō
Accusative	*auwjā	*auwjā
Genitive	*auwjā	*auwjō
Dative	*auwjē	auwjōm, auwjum
Instrumental	*auwju	auwjōm, auwjum

Derived terms

*Batauwju

Descendants

Old English: īeġ, ēġ, īġ
- Middle English: ei, i, ie
  - English: ey
Old Frisian: ā
- Saterland Frisian: Äi
Old Saxon: ōia
- Middle Low German: ouwe, ou, ow, ō (in compounds)
  - Low German: Oie
Old Dutch: ōi, *owe
- Middle Dutch: ooy, ouwe
  - ⇒ Dutch: ooibos, landouw
Old High German: ouwa
- Middle High German: ouwe
  - German: Au, Aue
  - Luxembourgish: A

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