Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/awi
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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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *awiz.
Noun edit
*awi f[1]
Inflection edit
| i-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *awi | |
| Genitive | *awī | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *awi | *awī |
| Accusative | *awi | *awī |
| Genitive | *awī | *auwjō |
| Dative | *awī | *awim, *auwjum |
| Instrumental | *awī | *awim, *auwjum |
Descendants edit
- Old English: eowu
- Old Frisian: ei, ey
- Old Saxon: ewi, ewwi
- Old Dutch: *ōi, *ouwi, *ouw
- Old High German: awi, au, ou, ouwi
Etymology 2 edit
Probably from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éw-is, from *h₂ew- (“to perceive”) + *-is.[2] Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“to see; eye”).
Adverb edit
*awi (comparative *awi, superlative *awist)
Derived terms edit
- *awitorht (+ *torht (“bright, clear”))
- Old High German: awizoraht (“openly”)
- *awiwīs (+ *wīs (“wise”))
- Old English: ēawis (“apparently”)
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148: “PWGmc *awi”
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*awiz”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 45