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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *ajją.

Noun edit

*aij n^[1]

egg

Inflection edit

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 edit

Old English: ǣġ, ǣġer
- Middle English: ey, ay, aye, ei, eye, eyȝ; æȝ
  - English: ey (obsolete)
  - ⇒ Middle English: cokeney, cokenay (disputed)
    - English: Cockney
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
- Middle Dutch: ei, ey
  - Dutch: ei
    - Afrikaans: eier
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: airi
    - Jersey Dutch: āi
    - Negerhollands: ee, eiu, eyu, eju
  - Limburgish: 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 edit

^ 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”

[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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