Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/auþijaną

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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 *auþijaz (empty, void) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯.θi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*auþijaną[1]

  1. to make empty; to desolate

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *auþijan
    • Old English: īeþan, ȳþan
    • Old High German: *ōden
      • Middle High German: öden
        • German: öden (chiefly in compounds)
  • Old Norse: eyða

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*auþja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43:*auþjan-