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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiwukiz

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 reconstructions

Etymology

A derivation from *aiwaz, *aiwō. The -k- suffix is uncertain, but Kroonen favors a comparison with Latin iūgis (continual) and Ancient Greek ὑγιής (hugiḗs, healthy, sound) from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-gʷih₃- and *h₂yu-gʷih₃- respectively, to assume a reconstruction of Pre-Germanic *h₂oyu-gʷih₃- with an original meaning of "ever-living".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯.wu.kiz/

Adjective

*aiwukiz [1]

  1. eternal, lasting forever

Inflection


Derived terms

  • *aiwukidūþiz

Descendants

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ajuki-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 17
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