Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/auþuz

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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂éw-tu-s, itself a derivation from *h₂ew- (“to enjoy, consume, perceive”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯.θuz/

Adjective

*auþuz[1]

  1. easy, light

Inflection

Declension of *auþuz (u-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *auþuz *auþī *auþų, *-jatō *auþijai *auþijôz *auþijō
accusative *auþijanǭ *auþijǭ *auþų, *-jatō *auþijanz *auþijōz *auþijō
genitive *auþijas, *auþīs *auþijaizōz *auþijas, *auþīs *auþijaizǫ̂ *auþijaizǫ̂ *auþijaizǫ̂
dative *auþijammai *auþijaizōi *auþijammai *auþijaimaz *auþijaimaz *auþijaimaz
instrumental *auþijanō *auþijaizō *auþijanō *auþijaimiz *auþijaimiz *auþijaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *auþijô *auþijǭ *auþijô *auþijaniz *auþijōniz *auþijōnō
accusative *auþijanų *auþijōnų *auþijô *auþijanunz *auþijōnunz *auþijōnō
genitive *auþīniz *auþijōniz *auþīniz *auþijanǫ̂ *auþijōnǫ̂ *auþijanǫ̂
dative *auþīni *auþijōni *auþīni *auþijammaz *auþijōmaz *auþijammaz
instrumental *auþīnē *auþijōnē *auþīnē *auþijammiz *auþijōmiz *auþijammiz
  • *awją (“luck”)

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *auþī
    • Old English: īeþe, ȳþe, ēþe, ēaþe
      • Middle English: ethe, æþ, eithe, ith
        • English: eath
        • Scots: eith
        • Yola: eeth, eeefe, eêth, eafe
    • Old Saxon: ōthi
      • Middle Low German: ode
        • German Low German: ööd, öög
    • Old Dutch: *oudi
      • Middle Dutch: ode
        • Dutch: (dialectal) ode
        • Limburgish: uue, uui
      • ⇒ Middle Dutch: odelijc
    • Old High German: *ōdi (attested in derivatives: ōdlīh, unōdi)
      • Middle High German: œde
  • Old Norse: auð-
    • Icelandic: auð-; auð (adverb)
    • Faroese: eyð-
    • Norwegian: aud-

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*auþu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43
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