Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ahwō

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 *h₂ékʷeh₂.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.xʷɔː/

Noun

*ahwō f [1]

water
stream, river

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *ahwō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ahwō	*ahwôz
vocative	*ahwō	*ahwôz
accusative	*ahwǭ	*ahwōz
genitive	*ahwōz	*ahwǫ̂
dative	*ahwōi	*ahwōmaz
instrumental	*ahwō	*ahwōmiz

Related terms

*awjō

Descendants

Old English: ēa, ǣ
- English: ea, eau, yeo, eddy
Old Frisian: ā, ē
- North Frisian: ia
- Saterland Frisian: Äi
- West Frisian: ie
Old Saxon: aha
Old Dutch: ā
- Middle Dutch: â
  - Dutch: a
Old High German: aha
- German: Ach, Ache (obsolete or dialectal, chiefly in toponyms)
Old Norse: á, ǫ́
- Icelandic: á
- Faeroese: á
- Norwegian: å
- Old Swedish: ā
  - Swedish: å
- Old Danish: ā
  - Danish: å
- → Middle English: a, aa
Gothic: 𐌰𐍈𐌰 (aƕa)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ahwō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 7

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ahwō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 7