Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/āhwijaz

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 *ahwō (“river, water”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ (“water”); with added + *-jaz (“-er”). Related to Old English ēagor (“water, sea”) and Old Norse ægir (“sea, ocean”) and Old English ǣg-weard (“beach-ward”); Possibly ancestral to English eagre (“tidal bore”). See also *agraz (“flood”)

Noun

*āhwijaz m

  1. sea, water
  2. tide
  3. (North Germanic) Ægir, a personification of the sea and a giant in Norse mythology

Inflection

Declension of *āhwijaz (masculine ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *āhwijaz *āhwijōz, *āhwijōs
vocative *āhwī *āhwijōz, *āhwijōs
accusative *āhwiją *āhwijanz
genitive *āhwijas, *āhwīs *āhwijǫ̂
dative *āhwijai *āhwijamaz
instrumental *āhwijō *āhwijamiz

Derived terms

  • Old English: ǣg-weard
  • Old Norse: ægisandr
    • Icelandic: ægisandur

Descendants

  • >? Old English: ēagor
  • Proto-Norse: *ēgjiʀ(?), *ēgweʀ(?), *ēgwijaʀ
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