Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/at

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 *h₂éd (“near, at”). Cognate with Latin ad (“to”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑt/

Preposition

*at [1]

at, toward, to [+accusative]

Descendants

Old English: æt
- Middle English: æt, et, at
  - Scots: at
  - English: at
Old Frisian: et, it
- North Frisian: et, it, äät, äit
Old Saxon: at
Old Dutch: at
Old High German: az, ez
Old Norse: at
- Icelandic: að
- Faroese: at
- Norwegian: åt
- Elfdalian: að
- Old Swedish: at, āt
  - Swedish: åt
- Danish: at, ad
Gothic: 𐌰𐍄 (at)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*at”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 39

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*at”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 39