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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ētijô

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 *etaną (“to eat”) +‎ *-ijô.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛː.ti.jɔːː/

Noun

*ētijô m[1]

  1. eater, one who eats

Inflection
Declension of *ētijô (an-stem)
Case Singular Plural
Nominative *ētijô *ētijaniz
Vocative *ētijô *ētijaniz
Accusative *ētijanų *ētijanunz
Genitive *ētīniz *ētijanǫ̂
Dative *ētīni *ētijammaz
Instrumental *ētīnē *ētijammiz


Descendants
  • ⇒ Old English: selfǣta (“cannibal”)
  • ⇒ Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐌴𐍄𐌾𐌰 (afētja)

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ētjōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 88
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