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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēd-s-om (“eaten”), from *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Related to *etaną. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *ěsa (“food, dish”) < *h₁ed-s-eh₂, Tocharian B: yetse (“skin”) < *h₁ed-s-os.
Pronunciation
Noun
*ēsą n
- food, carrion
- prey; bait
Inflection
Declension of *ēsą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*ēsą
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*ēsō
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| vocative
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*ēsą
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*ēsō
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| accusative
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*ēsą
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*ēsō
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| genitive
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*ēsas, *ēsis
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*ēsǫ̂
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| dative
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*ēsai
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*ēsamaz
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| instrumental
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*ēsō
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*ēsamiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *ās
- Old English: ǣs
- Old Frisian: ēs
- Old Saxon: ās (found in angulās)
- Middle Low German: âs
- German Low German: Aas
- → Danish: ås
- → Swedish: as
- → Norwegian: as
- Old Dutch: *ās
- Middle Dutch: aes
- Dutch: aas
- Afrikaans: aas
- → West Frisian: aas
- Old High German: ās
- Middle High German: ās
- German: Aas (merged with Middle High German āz, from Proto-Germanic *ētą)
- Hunsrik: Ooz