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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/īhwaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms
  • *īgwaz, *īwaz; *īwō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHweh₂ (“yew”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *iwos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈiː.xʷɑz/

Noun

*īhwaz m

  1. yew
  2. name of the I-rune

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *īhwaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *īhwaz *īhwōz, *īhwōs
vocative *īhw *īhwōz, *īhwōs
accusative *īhwą *īhwanz
genitive *īhwas, *īhwis *īhwǫ̂
dative *īhwai *īhwamaz
instrumental *īhwō *īhwamiz

Descendants
  • Old English: īw, ēow, ēoh, īƿ
  • Old Saxon: īh, īch
  • Frankish: *īwa
    • Old Dutch: *īwa, ī (in combination)
      • Middle Dutch: ieve, ijf (possibly a reborrowing from Latin or Romance)
        • Dutch: ijf
    • → Late Latin: ivus, *iva
    • → Old French: if (or from Celtic)
      • Middle French: [Term?]
        • French: if
      • Norman: if
  • Old High German: īwa, eiba, īgo, īga, īha
    • Middle High German: īwe, ībe
      • Alemannic German: Iche, Ige
      • Cimbrian: àiba
      • German: Eibe
      • Yiddish: אייבנבוים‎ (eybnboym)
  • Old Norse: ýr
    • Icelandic: ýr
    • Swedish: idegran
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