Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aitrą

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyd-ro-m, from *h₂eyd- (“swelling, tumour, abscess”). Cognate with Ancient Greek οἶδος (oîdos, “tumour, swelling”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯.trɑ̃/

Noun

*aitrą n [1]

boil, sore
purulent matter, pus
poison

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *aitrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*aitrą	*aitrō
vocative	*aitrą	*aitrō
accusative	*aitrą	*aitrō
genitive	aitras, aitris	*aitrǫ̂
dative	*aitrai	*aitramaz
instrumental	*aitrō	*aitramiz

Derived terms

*aitrīnaz

Related terms

*aitaz
*aitijǭ
*aitǭ

Descendants

Old English: ātor, āttor, ǣtor, ǣttor
- Middle English: ater, atter
  - Scots: attir, atter, etter
  - English: atter
Old Frisian: āter, ater, ātter, atter
- Saterland Frisian: Atter
- West Frisian: etter
Old Saxon: ēttor, ēttar; eitir
- Middle Low German: etter
  - German Low German: Etter, Atter
Old Dutch: *ētar, *ēttar; eitir
- Middle Dutch: etter, atter
  - Dutch: etter, atter
Old High German: eitar, eittar
- Middle High German: eiter
  - German: Eiter
  - Luxembourgish: Eeter
Old Norse: eitr
- Icelandic: eitur
- Faroese: eitur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: eiter
- Norwegian Bokmål: edder
- Old Swedish: ēter
  - Swedish: etter
- Old Danish: ētær
  - Danish: edder
- Westrobothnian: eiter

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aitra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 14

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aitra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 14