Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aihtēr

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 *aiganą + reflex of Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr. Compare Sanskrit ईशितृ (īśitṛ, “owner, proprietor”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯x.tɛːr/

Noun

*aihtēr m

  1. owner, possessor

Inflection

Declension of *aihtēr (r-stem)
singular plural
nominative *aihtēr *aihtriz
vocative *aihter *aihtriz
accusative *aihterų *aihtrunz
genitive *aihturz *aihtrǫ̂
dative *aihtri *aihtrumaz
instrumental *aihtrē *aihtrumiz

Descendants

  • >? Old Norse: *áttir
    • Old Swedish: -attari in iorþattari (“landowner”)[1]
  • → Proto-Samic: *ājttër (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

  • J. A. Friis, 1887, Ordbog over det lappiske sprog: med latinsk og norsk forklaring: samt en oversigt over sprogets grammatik., Christiania, Jacob Dybwad
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 96

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2024. Are There Proto-Slavic Loanwords in Saami?. Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 2024 (69):5–40.[1]
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