Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ahsu
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *ahsō.
Noun
[edit]*ahsu f[1]
Inflection
[edit]| ō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *ahsu | |
| Genitive | *ahsā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *ahsu | *ahsō |
| Accusative | *ahsā | *ahsā |
| Genitive | *ahsā | *ahsō |
| Dative | *ahsē | *ahsōm, *ahsum |
| Instrumental | *ahsu | *ahsōm, *ahsum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: eax
- Old Frisian: *ax
- West Frisian: as
- Old Saxon: ahsa
- Old Dutch: *assa
- Old High German: ahsa
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 176: “PWGmc *ahsu”