Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/eutaz

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

Of uncertain and disputed origin, the name has been connected to several different Germanic names and words, such as Old Saxon Eucii, Old Norse jǫtunn (“jotun”), Old English eoten (“monster, giant”), from Proto-Germanic *etunaz, from Proto-Germanic *etaną (“to eat”), or possibly related to Proto-Germanic *gautaz (“Geat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeu̯.tɑz/

Noun

*eutaz m

1. Jute

Inflection

Declension of *eutaz (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*eutaz	*eutōz, *eutōs
vocative	*eut	*eutōz, *eutōs
accusative	*eutą	*eutanz
genitive	*eutas, *iutis	*eutǫ̂
dative	*eutai	*eutamaz
instrumental	*eutō	*eutamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *eut
  • Old English: Ēotas (plural)
  • German: Jüte
  • →? Pictish: *ᚓᚑᚈᚈ
• Old Norse: jótar (plural)
  • Icelandic: Jóti
  • Faroese: júti
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jute
  • Old Danish: iutæ
    • Danish: jyde
      • Norwegian Bokmål: jyde
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: jyde
  • Old Swedish: iūte
    • Swedish: jute (pl. jutar)
• → Latin: Iutae, Iutī (both plural)
  • → English: Jute
  • → Dutch: Juut

Further reading

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Proto-Germanic/eutaz”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
• Stenton, Frank M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England, 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.