Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ehw
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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 *ehwaz.
Noun
[edit]*ehw m[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *ehw | |
| Genitive | *ehwas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *ehw | *ehwō, *ehwōs |
| Accusative | *ehw | *ehwā |
| Genitive | *ehwas | *ehwō |
| Dative | *ehwē | *ehwum |
| Instrumental | *ehwu | *ehwum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: eoh
- Old Saxon: ehu-, eo- (in compounds)
- Old High German: ehu- (in compounds)
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178: “PWGmc *ehu, *ehw-”