Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/efþau

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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Ultimately thought to be a Germanic suffixed dual form of the base of if. See also Proto-Germanic *ehþau for an alternative reconstruction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɸ.θɑu̯/

Conjunction

*efþau

1. or

Alternative reconstructions

• *eþþau

Descendants

• Old English: oþþe, eþþa, ofþe, oððe, oþþon, oþþa — Mercian
  • Middle English: oththe, other, or
    • English: or
    • Scots: or
• Old Frisian: ieftha, ioftha, ofte, jova, jof, jef, of
  • Saterland Frisian: af, of
  • West Frisian: of
• Old Saxon: eftha, eftho, efdo, ettho
  • Middle Low German: efte, afte, ufte, uft, uf
    • German Low German: of (Westmünsterlandisch)
      • Sauerland Low German: of, o'
  • Middle Low German: edder, odder
• Old Dutch: *oftho, *ofto
  • Middle Dutch: ofte, ochte
    • Dutch: ofte, of
      • Afrikaans: ofte, of
• Old High German: odo
  • Middle High German: od, ode
  • ⇒ Old High German: odar, odor (in analogy with abur (“but”), wedar (“which”))
    • Middle High German: oder
      • Cimbrian: òdar, odar (Luserna)
      • German: oder
      • Luxembourgish: oder
      • Yiddish: אָדער (oder)
• Old Norse: eða, eðr
  • Icelandic: eða, eður
  • Old Danish: æthæ, eth
  • Old Gutnish: eþa
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 (aiþþau)