Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ahu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahwō.

Noun

*ahu f

1. river

   Synonym: *fleutō

Inflection

wō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ahu
Genitive	*ahwā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ahu	*ahwō
Accusative	*ahwā	*ahwā
Genitive	*ahwā	*ahwō
Dative	*ahwē	*ahwōm, *ahum
Instrumental	*ahu	*ahwōm, *ahum

Descendants

• Old English: ēa, ǣ
  • Middle English: ee, æ, ea, eaa (Early Middle English), *eo
    • English: ea, Eau, eau, yeo
  • ⇒ Old English: edēa (with prefix ed-)
    • Middle English: eddy
      • English: eddy
• Old Frisian: ā, ē
  • North Frisian: ia
  • Saterland Frisian: Äi
  • West Frisian: ie
• Old Saxon: aha, ā
  • Middle Low German: ahe, â
    • >? German Low German: Ehe (archaic)
• Old Dutch: ā
  • Middle Dutch: â
    • Dutch: a, Aa
• Old High German: aha
  • Middle High German: ahe
    • German: Ach, Ache (obsolete or dialectal, chiefly in toponyms)