Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Auziwandilaz

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 *auzi (“dawn”) + *wandilaz (“fluctuating, variable, wandering”). The first element from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-, cognate with Latin Aurora, Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs) (compare *austraz, *Austrǭ). For the semantics of the second element, compare Ancient Greek πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer; planet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯.zi.ˌwɑn.di.lɑz/

Noun

*Auziwandilaz m

1. The morning star
2. a male given name
3. Aurvandill, a figure in Germanic legend

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *Auziwandilaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular
nominative	*Auziwandilaz
vocative	*Auziwandil
accusative	*Auziwandilą
genitive	*Auziwandilas, *Auziwandilis
dative	*Auziwandilai
instrumental	*Auziwandilō

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *Auʀiwandil
  • Old English: Ēarendel, ēarendel
  • Old High German: Erentil, Orentil, Auriwandalo (Lombardic)
  • → Medieval Latin: Horuuendillus, Horvandillus
• Old Norse: Aurvandill
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻 (auzandil)