Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aidiją

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

Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”). Kroonen suggests nominalization of a possible gerundive *aidijaz (“passable”), from a Pre-Germanic *h₁oytyos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯.ði.jɑ̃/

Noun

*aidiją n

1. (North Germanic) isthmus, strait

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *aidiją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*aidiją	*aidijō
vocative	*aidiją	*aidijō
accusative	*aidiją	*aidijō
genitive	*aidijas, *aidīs	*aidijǫ̂
dative	*aidijai	*aidijamaz
instrumental	*aidijō	*aidijamiz

Alternative forms

• *aidą

Descendants

• Old Norse: eið, eiði
  • Icelandic: eið, eiði
  • Faroese: eið, eiði
  • Norn: ed
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eid, eide
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eid
  • Old Swedish: ēþ
    • Swedish: ed
  • → English: eid, (dialectal)
• → Proto-Samic: *ājδē
  • Northern Sami: áidi
  • Southern Sami: aejrie