Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᚨᚢᚷᛟ

This Proto-Norse 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-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *augô (whence Old English ēaġe, Old Saxon ōga, Old High German ouga, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (augō)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”); compare Latin oculus, Old Church Slavonic око (oko).

Noun

*ᚨᚢᚷᛟ (*augo)

1. eye

Derived terms

• ᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ (augiʀ, “eyed”) (in ᚷᛚᛇᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ (glïaugiʀ, “gleaming-eyed”))

Descendants

• Old Norse: auga
  • Icelandic: auga
  • Faroese: eyga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: auga n
  • Norwegian: (dialectal) auga, aua, aue f or n, auwe, ouwe, ouga
  • Jamtish: ouge
  • Elfdalian: oga
  • Old Swedish: ø̄gha
    • Swedish: öga
      • → Finnish: ööga
  • Scanian: yva
  • Old Danish: ø̄ghæ
    • Danish: øje
      • Norwegian Bokmål: øye
  • Gutnish: auge