Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiwiskaz

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 edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eygʷʰ- + *-iskos;[1] for the root, compare Sanskrit अनेहस् (an-ehás, flawless, unrivalled) (< *n̥-h₂eygʷʰós).

Formerly often compared with Ancient Greek αἶσχος (aîskhos), but this hypothesis has largely been abandoned due to its formal difficulty.[2]

Adjective edit

*aiwiskaz[1]

  1. shameful

Inflection edit


Derived terms edit

  • *aiwiskō
    • Old English: ǣwisċ

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aiwiska-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 16
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “αἶσχος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 45