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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂oyd-sth₂-o-, from the root *h₂eyd- (“to swell”) (see *aitaz, *aitrą) with a suffixed root *-sth₂-, a formation common also to Balto-Slavic: Lithuanian ìnkstas (“testicle, kidney”), Old Church Slavonic исто (isto, “testicle, (pl.) kidneys, guts”). Compare also Albanian eshke, veshkë (“kidney”).[1]
Noun
*aistô n[1]
- testicle
- Synonyms: *neurô, *balluz
Inflection
| neuter an-stemDeclension of *aistô (neuter an-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*aistô
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*aistōnō
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| vocative
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*aistô
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*aistōnō
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| accusative
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*aistô
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*aistōnō
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| genitive
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*aistiniz
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*aistanǫ̂
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| dative
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*aistini
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*aistammaz
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| instrumental
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*aistinē
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*aistammiz
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Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*aistōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 14
