Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aij

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 *ajją.

Noun

*aij n[1]

  1. egg

Inflection

z-stem
Singular
Nominative *aij
Genitive *aijiʀi
Singular Plural
Nominative *aij *aijiʀu
Accusative *aij *aijiʀu
Genitive *aijiʀi *aijiʀō
Dative *aijiʀi *aijiʀum
Instrumental *aijiʀi *aijiʀum

Descendants

  • Old English: ǣġ, ǣġer — combining form
    • Middle English: ey, ay, aye, ei, eye, eyȝ, æȝ (Early Middle English)
      • English: ey (obsolete)
  • 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
  • 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)

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 66: “PWGmc *aij”
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