Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/auþijaz

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 *h₂ewtyos (“forlorn, deserted”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew (“away from”). Particularly close cognate with Ancient Greek αὔσιος (aúsios, “idle”).^[1]

Adjective

*auþijaz^[1]

void, empty, barren, deserted, waste

Inflection

Declension of *auþijaz (ja-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*auþijaz	*auþijō	*auþiją, -atō	*auþijai	*auþijôz	*auþijō
accusative	*auþijanǭ	*auþijǭ	*auþiją, -atō	*auþijanz	*auþijōz	*auþijō
genitive	*auþijas, -īs	*auþijaizōz	*auþijas, -īs	*auþijaizǫ̂	*auþijaizǫ̂	*auþijaizǫ̂
dative	*auþijammai	*auþijaizōi	*auþijammai	*auþijaimaz	*auþijaimaz	*auþijaimaz
instrumental	*auþijanō	*auþijaizō	*auþijanō	*auþijaimiz	*auþijaimiz	*auþijaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*auþijô	*auþijǭ	*auþijô	*auþijaniz	*auþijōniz	*auþijōnō
accusative	*auþijanų	*auþijōnų	*auþijô	*auþijanunz	*auþijōnunz	*auþijōnō
genitive	*auþīniz	*auþijōniz	*auþīniz	*auþijanǫ̂	*auþijōnǫ̂	*auþijanǫ̂
dative	*auþīni	*auþijōni	*auþīni	*auþijammaz	*auþijōmaz	*auþijammaz
instrumental	*auþīnē	*auþijōnē	*auþīnē	*auþijammiz	*auþijōmiz	*auþijammiz

Derived terms

*auþijaną
*auþisōną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *auþī
- Old English: īeþe
- Old Saxon: *ōthi
  - Middle Low German: ȫde
    - German Low German: öde, ööd
- Old High German: ōdi
  - Middle High German: œde
    - German: öde
Old Norse: auðr
- Icelandic: auður
- Faroese: eyður
- Norwegian Nynorsk: aud
- Old Swedish: ø̄þe
  - Swedish: öde
  - ⇒ Old Swedish: öþkn, økn
    - Swedish: öken
- Old Danish: ødtæ
  - Danish: øde
    - Norwegian Bokmål: øde
  - ⇒ Old Danish: øthkn, øthken
    - Danish: ørken
      - Norwegian Bokmål: ørken
        → Norwegian Nynorsk: ørken
Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (auþeis)
→ Proto-Finnic: *autijo (see there for further descendants)
→^? Pre-Samic: *awta
- Proto-Samic: *vuovtē (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*auþja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*auþja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43

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