Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aitrą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyd-ro-m, from *h₂eyd- (“to swell; swelling, tumour, abscess”).^[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek οἶδος (oîdos, “tumour, swelling”) and the first element *οἰδῐ́- (*oidí-) of the name Οἰδῐ́πους (Oidípous, “Oedipus”, literally “swollen-footed”), as well as with Old Church Slavonic ꙗдра (jadra, “bosom, embrace”, pl.).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯.trɑ̃/

Noun

*aitrą n^[1]

poison
pus

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *aitrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*aitrą	*aitrō
vocative	*aitrą	*aitrō
accusative	*aitrą	*aitrō
genitive	aitras, aitris	*aitrǫ̂
dative	*aitrai	*aitramaz
instrumental	*aitrō	*aitramiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *aitr
- Old English: ātor, āttor, ǣtor, ǣttor
  - Middle English: atter, attere, attir, attre, atture, attyr, attyre, atterr (Ormulum)
    - English: atter
    - Scots: atter, etter
- Old Frisian: āter, ater, ātter, atter
  - Saterland Frisian: Atter
  - West Frisian: etter
- Old Saxon: ēttor, ēttar; eitir
  - Middle Low German: etter
    - German Low German: Etter, Atter
- Old Dutch: *ētar, *ēttar; eitir
  - Middle Dutch: etter, atter
    - Dutch: etter, atter
- Old High German: eitar, eittar
  - Middle High German: eiter
    - German: Eiter
    - Luxembourgish: Eeter
Old Norse: eitr
- Elfdalian: ietter (“venom; pus”)^[1]
- Icelandic: eitur
- Faroese: eitur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: eiter, eitr
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: eiter
- Old Swedish: ēter
  - Swedish: etter
  - ⇒ Old Swedish: ēterkoppa
    - Swedish: etterkopp
- Old Danish: ētær
  - Danish: edder
    - Norwegian Bokmål: edder
  - ⇒ Old Danish: etærkop, ederkoppæ
    - Danish: edderkop
      - Norwegian Bokmål: edderkopp
        → Norwegian Nynorsk: edderkopp

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*aitra-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 14

[Kroonen-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*aitra-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 14

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