Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ētijô

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 *etaną (“to eat”) +‎ *-ijô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛː.ti.jɔːː/

Noun

*ētijô m[1]

  1. eater, one who eats

Inflection

Declension of *ētijô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *ētijô *ētijaniz
vocative *ētijô *ētijaniz
accusative *ētijanų *ētijanunz
genitive *ētijiniz *ētijanǫ̂
dative *ētijini *ētijammaz
instrumental *ētijinē *ētijammiz

Descendants

  • Old English: ǣta
    • ⇒ Old English: hlāfǣta (“bread-eater, servant”)
    • ⇒ Old English: selfǣta (“cannibal”)
  • Gothic: *𐌴𐍄𐌾𐌰 (*ētja)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ētjōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 88
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