Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aihtiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-GermanicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From *aiganą +‎ *-þiz.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯x.tiz/

NounEdit

*aihtiz f

1. possessions, property

InflectionEdit

Declension of *aihtiz (i-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*aihtiz	*aihtīz
vocative	*aihti	*aihtīz
accusative	*aihtį	*aihtinz
genitive	*aihtīz	*aihtijǫ̂
dative	*aihtī	*aihtimaz
instrumental	*aihtī	*aihtimiz

DescendantsEdit

• Old English: ǣht
  • Middle English: aught, ought
    • English: aught, ought
    • Scots: aucht
• Old Saxon: ēht
  • ⇒ Old Saxon: *frēht (prefixed with *fra-)
    • Middle Low German: vracht
      • German Low German: fracht
      • → Middle Dutch: vracht
        • Dutch: vracht
          • Afrikaans: vrag
      • → Danish: fragt
      • → English: freight, fraught (possibly via Middle Dutch)
      • → German: Fracht
      • → Gutnish: frakt
      • → Norwegian: frakt (possibly via Middle Dutch)
      • → Swedish: frakt
• Old Dutch: *ēht
  • ⇒ Old Dutch: *frēht (prefixed with *fra-)
    • Middle Dutch: vrecht
      • → French: fret
• Old High German: ēht
• Old Norse: átt, ætt
  • Icelandic: átt, ætt
  • Faroese: ætt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ætt
  • Old Swedish: æt
    • Swedish: ätt
  • Danish: æt
  • Old Gutnish: ǣt
  • Westrobothnian: ett
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (aihts)