Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ahu

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Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahwō.

Noun

*ahu f[1]

  1. river
    Synonym: *fleutō

Inflection

wō-stem
Singular
Nominative *ahu
Genitive *ahwā
Singular Plural
Nominative *ahu *ahwō
Accusative *ahwā *ahwā
Genitive *ahwā *ahwō
Dative *ahwē *ahwōm, *ahum
Instrumental *ahu *ahwōm, *ahum

Descendants

  • Old English: ēa, ǣ
  • 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
  • Old High German: aha
    • Middle High German: ahe
      • German: Ach, Ache (obsolete or dialectal, chiefly in toponyms)

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 177: “PWGmc *ahu”
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