Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/eutaz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editOf 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
editNoun
edit*eutaz m
Inflection
editmasculine a-stemDeclension of *eutaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *eutaz | *eutōz, *eutōs | |
vocative | *eut | *eutōz, *eutōs | |
accusative | *eutą | *eutanz | |
genitive | *eutas, *iutis | *eutǫ̂ | |
dative | *iutai | *eutamaz | |
instrumental | *eutō | *eutamiz |
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- Stenton, Frank M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England, 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.