Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiþį̄

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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

1) Nursery word; compare Basque aita (father).

2) From Proto-Indo-European. Compare Proto-Indo-Aryan *āyiH (mother), whence Marathi आई (āī, mother), Assamese আই (ai, mother)

Noun

*aiþį̄ f

  1. mother
    Synonyms: *ammǭ, *mōdēr, *mōmǭ

Inflection

Declension of *aiþį̄ (īn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *aiþį̄ *aiþīniz
vocative *aiþį̄ *aiþīniz
accusative *aiþīnų *aiþīnunz
genitive *aiþīniz *aiþīnǫ̂
dative *aiþīni *aiþīmaz
instrumental *aiþīnē *aiþīmiz

Coordinate terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aiþīn- ~ *aiþōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 15