ieg

Old English

Alternative forms

ēġ, īġ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *awjō, originally a substantive adjective of *ahwō (“river”) ( > Old English ēa), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. Cognate with Old High German ouwa (German Aue (“meadow”)), Middle Dutch ouwe, Old Norse ey (Swedish ö). More distantly related to Latin aqua (“water”), and its descendants: Italian acqua, Spanish agua and French eau.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iːyj/

Noun

īeġ f (nominative plural īeġe or īeġa)

(West Saxon) island

Declension

Declension of ieg (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	īeġ	īeġa, īeġe
accusative	īeġe	īeġa, īeġe
genitive	īeġe	īeġa
dative	īeġe	īeġum

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: ei, i, ie
⇒ Old English: īġoþ
- Middle English: eyt
  - English: eyot, ait
⇒ Old English: īeġland, īġland
- Middle English: yland, iland
  - English: island

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.