Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/awjōlandą

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 *awjō +‎ *landą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯.jɔː.ˌlɑn.dɑ̃/

Noun

*awjōlandą n

island

Inflection

Declension of *awjōlandą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*awjōlandą	*awjōlandō
vocative	*awjōlandą	*awjōlandō
accusative	*awjōlandą	*awjōlandō
genitive	awjōlandas, awjōlandis	*awjōlandǫ̂
dative	*awjōlandai	*awjōlandamaz
instrumental	*awjōlandō	*awjōlandamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *auwjuland
- Old English: ēaland, īeġland, īġland
  - Middle English: ylond, yland, iland, eiland
    - Scots: island, iland, yland
    - English: iland, island (spelling altered after unrelated isle)
- Old Frisian: alond, āland, eiland
  - North Frisian: eilun, Ailun, Eelun, ailönj
  - Saterland Frisian: Ailound, Oailound
  - West Frisian: eilân
  - → Old Saxon: eiland, eilant
    - Middle Low German: eilant, eiglant, eylant
      - Low German: Eiland
      - → Middle High German: eilant, einlant
        German: Eiland
  - → Old Dutch: eilant
    - Middle Dutch: eilant
      - Dutch: eiland, eylant, eyland, eylandt, eijlandt, eilandt, eijlant, eijland (archaic)
        Afrikaans: eiland
        Negerhollands: eiland, eyland
        → Sranan Tongo: eilanti
Old Norse: eyland
- Icelandic: eyland
- Danish: øland
- Swedish: Öland