Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ajją

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

By Holtzmann's law from *ojóm, by Dybo's law from *ōjóm, by Mahlow's law from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑj.jɑ̃/

Noun

*ajją n^[1]

egg

Inflection

Declension of *ajją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ajją	*ajjō
vocative	*ajją	*ajjō
accusative	*ajją	*ajjō
genitive	ajjas, ajis	*ajjǫ̂
dative	*ajjai	*ajjamaz
instrumental	*ajjō	*ajjamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *aij
- Old English: ǣġ, ǣġer — combining form
  - Middle English: ey, ay, aye, ei, eye, eyȝ, æȝ (Early Middle English)
    - English: ey (obsolete)
    - ⇒ Middle English: cokeney, cokenay (disputed)
      - English: Cockney
- Old Frisian: *ei, *ai
  - Saterland Frisian: Oai
  - West Frisian: aei, aai
- Old Saxon: ei, eig, egg
  - Middle Low German: ei, egg, eig
    - Low German:
      - German Low German: Ei
        Westphalian:
        Lippisch: Egg
        Märkisch: Ägg
        Ravensbergisch: Åich
        Sauerländisch: Ai
        Westmünsterländisch: Äi
      - Plautdietsch: Ei
- Old Dutch: ei
  - Middle Dutch: ei, ey
    - Dutch: ei
      - Afrikaans: eier
      - Berbice Creole Dutch: airi
      - Jersey Dutch: āi
      - Negerhollands: ee, eiu, eyu, eju
    - Limburgish: ei
- Old High German: ei
  - Middle High German: ei
    - Alemannic German:
      - Swabian: Oi
    - Bavarian: Oa
      - Mòcheno: oi
    - Central Franconian: Ei, Ää, Aai
      - Hunsrik: Eu
      - Luxembourgish: Ee
    - German: Ei
    - Vilamovian: e
    - Yiddish: איי (ey)
Old Norse: egg
- Icelandic: egg
- Faroese: egg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: egg
- Elfdalian: egg
- Old Swedish: æg
  - Swedish: ägg
- Scanian: ægg
- Danish: æg
  - Norwegian Bokmål: egg
- → Middle English: eg, eeg, egg, egge, egghe, eeg
  - English: egg, egge
    - →⇒ German: not the yellow from the egg
    - Jamaican Creole: eg
    - Sranan Tongo: eksi
  - Scots: egg
  - Yola: egges (plural)
Crimean Gothic: ada

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ajja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 17

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ajja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 17

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