Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ahwō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.xʷɔː/

Noun

*ahwō f

stream, river
Synonyms: *albī, *flaumaz, *fleutą, *flōduz, *rīþaz, *straumaz
water
Synonyms: *watōr, *auraz

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *ahwō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ahwō	*ahwôz
vocative	*ahwō	*ahwôz
accusative	*ahwǭ	*ahwōz
genitive	*ahwōz	*ahwǫ̂
dative	*ahwōi	*ahwōmaz
instrumental	*ahwō	*ahwōmiz

Related terms

*awjō

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *ahu
- Old English: ēa, ǣ
  - Middle English: æ, e, ea, ee, 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)
Proto-Norse: *ᚨᚺᚹᚢ (*ahwu), *ᚨᚺᚹᚨ- (*ahwa-)
- Old Norse: á, ǫ́
  - → Middle English: a, aa
  - Icelandic: á
  - Faroese: á
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: å
  - Norwegian Bokmål: å
  - Old Swedish: ā
    - Swedish: å
  - Old Danish: ā
    - Danish: å
Gothic: 𐌰𐍈𐌰 (aƕa)

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ahwō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 7

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ahwō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 7

Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ahwō

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