Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ahwō

ThisProto-Germanicentry containsreconstructed terms and roots.As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested,but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparativeevidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

FromProto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɑ.xʷɔː/

Noun

*ahwōf

1. stream,river

   Synonyms:*albī,*flaumaz,*fleutą,*flōduz,*rīþaz,*straumaz

2. water

   Synonyms:*watōr,*auraz

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

• Proto-West Germanic:*ahu
  • Old English:ēa,ǣ
    • Middle English:ee,æ,ea,eaa(Early Middle English),*eo
      • English:ea,Eau,eau,yeo
    • ⇒Old English:edēa(with prefixed-)
      • Middle English:eddy
        • English:eddy
  • Old Frisian:ā,ē
    • North Frisian:ia
    • Saterland Frisian:Äi
    • West Frisian:ie
  • Old Saxon:aha,ā
    • Middle Low German:ahe,â
      • >?German Low German:Ehe(archaic)
  • Old Dutch:ā
    • Middle Dutch:â
      • Dutch:a,Aa
  • Old High German:aha
    • Middle High German:ahe
      • German:Ach,Ache(obsolete or dialectal, chiefly in toponyms)
• Proto-Norse:*ᚨᚺᚹᚢ(*ahwu),*ᚨᚺᚹᚨ-(*ahwa-)
  • Old Norse:á,ǫ́
    • Icelandic:á
    • Faroese:á
    • Norwegian Nynorsk:å
    • Old Swedish:ā
      • Swedish:å
    • Old Danish:ā
      • Danish:å
        • Norwegian Bokmål:å
    • →Middle English:aa
• Gothic:𐌰𐍈𐌰(aƕa)