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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/auþuz

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯.θɑz/

Adjective

*auþuz [1]

  1. easy; light

Inflection


Descendants

  • Old English: ēaþe, eaþ, īeþe
  • Old Saxon: ōthi
    • Middle Low German: ode
  • Old Dutch: *oudi
    • Middle Dutch: ode
      • Middle Dutch: odelijc
  • Old High German: ōdi; ōdo (adverb)
  • Old Norse: auð-
    • Icelandic: auð-; auð (adverb)
    • Faroese: eyð-
    • Norwegian: aud-

References

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