Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiwaz

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 *h₂óyu ~ *h₂yéws, reformed as a thematic (a-stem) noun. See the West Germanic descendant *aiw for more on the "law" sense.

Noun

*aiwaz m

1. long time, age, eternity
2. law

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *aiwaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*aiwaz	*aiwōz, *aiwōs
vocative	*aiw	*aiwōz, *aiwōs
accusative	*aiwą	*aiwanz
genitive	*aiwas, *aiwis	*aiwǫ̂
dative	*aiwai	*aiwamaz
instrumental	*aiwō	*aiwamiz

Alternative forms

• *aiwō

Related terms

• *aiwą
• *aiwį̄
• *aiwiz
• *aiwǭ

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *aiw, *aiwu
  • ⇒ Old English: āwa, ā (adverb)
    • Middle English: ō, ā
  • Old Frisian: ēwa; ēwe, ē
    • West Frisian: iuw
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: ā (adverb)
  • Old Saxon: ēo, io, ēu, ē (also adverb)
    • Middle Low German: ê, ee, eje, ewe
      • German Low German: Ehe
  • Old Dutch: ēwa
    • Middle Dutch: êwe, êeu
      • Dutch: eeuw
        • Afrikaans: eeu
      • Limburgish: ieuw
    • ⇒ Old Dutch: io (adverb)
      • Middle Dutch: ie
  • Old High German: ēwa, ēo, ēa
    • Middle High German: ēwe, ē
      • Alemannic German: Ee, E-e
      • German: Ehe
    • ⇒ Old High German: io (adverb)
      • Middle High German: ie
        • German: je
• Proto-Norse: *ᚨᛁᚹᚨᛉ (*aiwaʀ)
  • ⇒ Proto-Norse: *ᚨᛁᚹᚨᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*aiwalaibaʀ)
  • Old Norse: æ, ei, ey
    • Icelandic: æ
    • Old Swedish: ē, ǣ
      • Swedish: ä, e, e-
    • → Middle English: aye, ai, agg
      • English: aye
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (aiws); 𐌰𐌹𐍅 (aiw)
• →? Proto-Finnic: *aika (“time”) (see there for further descendants)