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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ansijō.
Noun
*ansiju f
- (North Sea Germanic) eyelet
- (North Sea Germanic) eye (of a needle)
Inflection
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Singular
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*ansiju
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| Genitive
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*ansijā
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*ansiju
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*ansijō
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| Accusative
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*ansijā
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*ansijā
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| Genitive
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*ansijā
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*ansijō
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| Dative
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*ansijē
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*ansijōm, *ansijum
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| Instrumental
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*ansiju
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*ansijōm, *ansijum
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Descendants
- Old Frisian: *ōse, *ōs
- North Frisian: ous
- Saterland Frisian: Oose
- West Frisian: oes
- Old Saxon: *ōsia
- Middle Low German: ö̂se, oese, o̊se, ouse, osse
- German Low German:
- Dortmunder, Westphalian (Sauerländisch (Niedersfeld, Olpe)): Ööse
- Old Prussian, Westphalian (Bentheimisch, East Westphalian (Lippe)): Öse
- Sauerländisch: Oise, Öüse (Attendorn, Drolshagen), Ööese (Wenden)
- → Middle High German: ōse
- >? Old High German: *ansa, ensa
- → Vulgar Latin: *ansia, *āsia (“loop, eyelet, pot handle, cup handle, arms akimbo, elbow room”) (possibly)
- Old French: aise, eise (“elbow room, opportunity”)
- Middle French: aise
- → Middle English: ese