Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiþastabaz

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 *aiþaz (oath) +‎ *stabaz (a staff, stick).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯.θɑ.ˌstɑ.βɑz/

Noun

*aiþastabaz m[1]

  1. oath, oath-making

Inflection

Declension of *aiþastabaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *aiþastabaz *aiþastabōz, *aiþastabōs
vocative *aiþastab *aiþastabōz, *aiþastabōs
accusative *aiþastabą *aiþastabanz
genitive *aiþastabas, *aiþastabis *aiþastabǫ̂
dative *aiþastabai *aiþastabamaz
instrumental *aiþastabō *aiþastabamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *aiþastab
    • Old English: āþstæf
    • Old Saxon: ēdstaf, ēthstaf
      • Middle Low German: eitstevere, ētstēvære, ētstēvære, ētstēver, eitstēver (+ *-ārī)
    • Old High German: *eidstap, eidstab
      • Middle High German: eitstap
  • Old Norse: eiðstafr
    • Icelandic: eiðstafur

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*aiþa-stabaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 10