Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ahu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahwō.

Noun

*ahu f^[1]

river
Synonym: *fleutō

Inflection

wō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ahu
Genitive	*ahwā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ahu	*ahwō
Accusative	*ahwā	*ahwā
Genitive	*ahwā	*ahwō
Dative	*ahwē	ahwōm, ahum
Instrumental	*ahu	ahwōm, ahum

Descendants

Old English: ēa, ǣ, *ēo
- Middle English: ee, æ, ea, eaa (Early Middle English), *eo
  - English: ea, Eau, eau, yeo
- ⇒ Old English: edēa (with prefix ed-)
  - Middle English: eddy
    - English: eddy
Old Frisian: ā, ē
- North Frisian: ia
- Saterland Frisian: Äi
- West Frisian: ie
Old Saxon: aha, ā
- Middle Low German: ahe, â
  - >? German Low German: Ehe (archaic)
Old Dutch: ā
- Middle Dutch: â
  - Dutch: a, Aa
Old High German: aha
- Middle High German: ahe
  - German: Ach, Ache (obsolete or dialectal, chiefly in toponyms)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 177: “PWGmc *ahu”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 177: “PWGmc *ahu”

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