Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/āhwijaz

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *ahwō (“river, water”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ (“water”); with added + *-jaz (“-er”). Related to Old English ēagor (“water, sea”) and Old Norse ægir (“sea, ocean”) and Old English ǣg-weard (“beach-ward”); Possibly ancestral to English eagre (“tidal bore”). See also *agraz (“flood”)

Noun

*āhwijaz m

  1. sea, water
  2. tide
  3. (North Germanic) Ægir, a personification of the sea and a giant in Norse mythology

Inflection

masculine ja-stemDeclension of *āhwijaz (masculine ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *āhwijaz *āhwijōz, *āhwijōs
vocative *āhwī *āhwijōz, *āhwijōs
accusative *āhwiją *āhwijanz
genitive *āhwijas, *āhwīs *āhwijǫ̂
dative *āhwijai *āhwijamaz
instrumental *āhwijō *āhwijamiz

Derived terms

  • Old English: ǣg-weard
  • Old Norse: ægisandr

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