Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiw

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 1

From Proto-Germanic *aiwaz.

Noun

*aiw m

long time, age, eternity

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*aiw
Genitive	*aiwas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aiw	aiwō, aiwōs
Accusative	*aiw	*aiwā
Genitive	*aiwas	*aiwō
Dative	*aiwē	*aiwum
Instrumental	*aiwu	*aiwum

Alternative reconstructions

*aiwu f

Derived terms

*aiwō

Related terms

*naiwō

Descendants

⇒ Old English: āwa, ā (adverb)
- Middle English: ō, ā
Old Frisian: ēwa; ēwe, ē
- West Frisian: iuw
- ⇒ Old Frisian: ā (adverb)
Old Saxon: ēo, io, ēu, ē (also adverb)
- Middle Low German: ê, ee, eje, ewe
  - German Low German: Ehe
Old Dutch: ēwa
- Middle Dutch: êwe, êeu
  - Dutch: eeuw
    - Afrikaans: eeu
  - Limburgish: ieuw
- ⇒ Old Dutch: io (adverb)
  - Middle Dutch: ie
Old High German: ēwa, ēuua, aeuua, ēo, ēa
- Middle High German: ēwe, ē
  - Alemannic German: Ee, E-e
  - German: Ehe
- ⇒ Old High German: io (adverb)
  - Middle High German: ie
    - German: je

Etymology 2

Uncertain; probably from *aiw (“long time, age, eternity”), compare the semantics of cognates Latin iūs (“law”), Proto-Brythonic *jʉð (“judge”).^[1]