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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/auþijaz

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 *h₂ewt(i)o- (forlorn, deserted), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew (away from).

Adjective

*auþijaz [1]

  1. void; empty; barren; deserted; waste

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Descendants

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*auþja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 43
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