Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aizō

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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *h₂oys-éh₂, from *h₂eys- (to respect).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯.zɔː/

    Noun

    *aizō f[1]

    1. fear; reverence
    2. honour

    Inflection

    Declension of *aizō (ō-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *aizō *aizôz
    vocative *aizō *aizôz
    accusative *aizǭ *aizōz
    genitive *aizōz *aizǫ̂
    dative *aizōi *aizōmaz
    instrumental *aizō *aizōmiz

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *aiʀu
      • Old English: ār, āre
        • Middle English: ore, oore, or, ȝore, aore, are, ære (Early Middle English), ar, are (Northern)
      • Old Frisian: ēre, ēr
        • Saterland Frisian: Eere
        • West Frisian: eare
      • Old Saxon: ēra
        • Middle Low German: ēre
          • Low German: Ehr, Ehre
          • Old Norse: æra, eir
            • Icelandic: eir m or n
            • Faroese: eirdómur, eirgingin, eirgrønur, eiring
            • Norwegian Nynorsk: eir n
              • Norwegian Bokmål: eir n
            • Old Swedish: ēr
              • Swedish: ärg c
            • Danish: ir c
              • Norwegian Bokmål: irr n
      • Old Dutch: ēra
        • Middle Dutch: êre
          • Dutch: eer
            • Afrikaans: eer
            • Negerhollands: eer
          • Limburgish: ieër
      • Old High German: ēra

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aizō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 17