Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/awjō

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

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂

Proto-Germanic *awjō

From earlier *agwjō, originally a substantive adjective related to *ahwō (“water; stream, river”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯.jɔː/

Noun

*awjō f

1. floodplain; meadow
2. island

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *awjō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*awjō	*awjôz
vocative	*awjō	*awjôz
accusative	*awjǭ	*awjōz
genitive	*awjōz	*awjǫ̂
dative	*awjōi	*awjōmaz
instrumental	*awjō	*awjōmiz

Derived terms

• *awjōlandą (“island”)
• *Batawjō (“Batavia”)
• *gawją (“district, shire”)
• *Skadinawjō (“Scandia”)

Related terms

• *ahwō

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *auwju
  • Old English: īeġ, ēġ, īġ
    • Middle English: ei, i, ie
      • English: ey
  • Old Frisian: ā
    • Saterland Frisian: Äi
  • Old Saxon: ōia
    • Middle Low German: ouwe, ou, ow, ō (in compounds)
      • Low German: Oie
  • Old Dutch: ōi, *owe
    • Middle Dutch: ooy, ouwe
      • Dutch: Ooij
      • ⇒ ooibos, landouw
  • Old High German: ouwa
    • Middle High German: ouwe
      • German: Au, Aue
      • Luxembourgish: A
• Old Norse: ey, ᚢ (u) — runic
  • Icelandic: ey f, eyja f
  • Faroese: oyggj f, oy f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: øy
    • Norwegian Bokmål: øy
  • Old Swedish: ø̄
    • Swedish: ö c
  • Danish: ø c
    • → English: oe
  • Gutnish: oy
  • → Old Irish: í f
    • Irish: í f
  • ⇒ Old Norse: -ey (indicating island names)
    • → English: -ey, -ay (in place names)