Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aitr
Appearance
Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *aitrą.
Noun
[edit]*aitr n[1]
Inflection
[edit]Neuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *aitr | |
Genitive | *aittras | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *aitr | *aittru |
Accusative | *aitr | *aittru |
Genitive | *aittras | *aittrō |
Dative | *aittrē | *aittrum |
Instrumental | *aittru | *aittrum |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: ātor, āttor, ǣtor, ǣttor
- Old Frisian: āter, ater, ātter, atter
- Old Saxon: ēttor, ēttar; eitir
- Old Dutch: *ētar, *ēttar; eitir
- Old High German: eitar, eittar
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54: “PWGmc *aitr, *aittra-”