Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aitrą

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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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyd-ro-m, from *h₂eyd- (“to swell; swelling, tumour, abscess”).[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek οἶδος (oîdos, “tumour, swelling”) and the first element *οἰδῐ́- (*oidí-) of the name Οἰδῐ́πους (Oidípous, “Oedipus”, literally “swollen-footed”), as well as with Old Church Slavonic ꙗдра (jadra, “bosom, embrace”, pl.).

Pronunciation

Noun

*aitrą n[1]

  1. poison
  2. pus

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *aitrą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *aitrą *aitrō
vocative *aitrą *aitrō
accusative *aitrą *aitrō
genitive *aitras, *aitris *aitrǫ̂
dative *aitrai *aitramaz
instrumental *aitrō *aitramiz

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aitra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 14
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