Proto-Germanic
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Etymology
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By Holtzmann's law from *ojóm, by Dybo's law from *ōjóm, by Mahlow's law from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.[1]
Pronunciation
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*ajją n[1]
- egg
Inflection
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neuter ja-stemDeclension of *ajją (neuter ja-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*ajją
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*ajjō
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vocative
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*ajją
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*ajjō
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accusative
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*ajją
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*ajjō
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genitive
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*ajjas, *ajis
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*ajjǫ̂
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dative
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*ajjai
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*ajjamaz
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instrumental
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*ajjō
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*ajjamiz
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Descendants
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- Proto-West Germanic: *aij
- Old English: ǣġ, ǣġer
- Old Frisian: *ei, *ai
- 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:
- Bavarian: Oa
- Central Franconian: Ei, Ää, Aai
- Hunsrik: Eu
- Luxembourgish: Ee
- German: Ei
- Vilamovian: e
- Yiddish: איי (ey)
- Old Norse: egg
- Crimean Gothic: ada
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ajja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 17