Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/awjô

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 *awjō (“island”) +‎ *-ô (“-er”).

Noun

*awjô m

1. a member of a Nerthus-worshipping Germanic tribe mentioned by Tacitus, living in either Öland or on the Jutland Peninsula

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *awjô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*awjô	*awjaniz
vocative	*awjô	*awjaniz
accusative	*awjanų	*awjanunz
genitive	*awjiniz	*awjanǫ̂
dative	*awjini	*awjammaz
instrumental	*awjinē	*awjammiz

Descendants

• → Latin: Aviōnēs
• >? Old English: Eōwan