Proto-West Germanic
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Etymology
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From Proto-Germanic *aiþaz.
*aiþ m
- oath
- Synonym: *aiþastab
Inflection
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Masculine a-stem
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Singular
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Nominative
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*aiþ
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Genitive
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*aiþas
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*aiþ
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*aiþō, *aiþōs
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Accusative
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*aiþ
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*aiþā
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Genitive
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*aiþas
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*aiþō
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Dative
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*aiþē
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*aiþum
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Instrumental
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*aiþu
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*aiþum
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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- Old English: āþ
- Old Frisian: ēth, āth
- North Frisian: ith, iss
- Saterland Frisian: Eed
- West Frisian: eed
- Old Saxon: ēth
- Middle Low German: êt
- German Low German: Eed
- Plautdietsch: Eit
- Old Dutch: *ēth
- Old High German: eid, aid
- Middle High German: eit
- German: Eid
- Luxembourgish: Eed
- Rhine Franconian:
- Frankfurterisch: IPA [ait]
- ⇒ Lombardic: *aido (“oath-helper”) (attested as aidos pl (“oath-helpers”))