Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/auwju

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 *awjō.

Noun

*auwju f

1. floodplain, meadow
2. island

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*auwju
Genitive	*auwjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*auwju	*auwjō
Accusative	*auwjā	*auwjā
Genitive	*auwjā	*auwjō
Dative	*auwjē	*auwjōm, *auwjum
Instrumental	*auwju	*auwjōm, *auwjum

Derived terms

• *Batauwju

Descendants

• Old English: īeġ, ēġ, īġ
  • Middle English: ei, i, ie
    • English: ey
• Old Frisian: ā
  • Saterland Frisian: Äi
• Old Saxon: ōia
  • Middle Low German: ouwe, ou, ow, ō (in compounds)
    • Low German: Oie
• Old Dutch: ōi, *owe
  • Middle Dutch: ooy, ouwe
    • ⇒ Dutch: ooibos, landouw
• Old High German: ouwa
  • Middle High German: ouwe
    • German: Au, Aue
    • Luxembourgish: A