Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ehw

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *ehwaz.

Noun

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*ehw m[1]

  1. horse
    Synonyms: *hross, *marh, *parafred, *wigi

Inflection

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Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *ehw
Genitive *ehwas
Singular Plural
Nominative *ehw *ehwō, *ehwōs
Accusative *ehw *ehwā
Genitive *ehwas *ehwō
Dative *ehwē *ehwum
Instrumental *ehwu *ehwum

Descendants

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  • Old English: eoh
  • Old Saxon: ehu-, eo- (in compounds)
  • Old High German: ehu- (in compounds)

References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178:PWGmc *ehu, *ehw-