Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ahsu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahsō.

Noun

*ahsu f[1]

  1. axle

Inflection

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *ahsu
Genitive *ahsā
Singular Plural
Nominative *ahsu *ahsō
Accusative *ahsā *ahsā
Genitive *ahsā *ahsō
Dative *ahsē *ahsōm, *ahsum
Instrumental *ahsu *ahsōm, *ahsum

Descendants

  • Old English: eax
  • Old Frisian: *ax
    • West Frisian: as
  • Old Saxon: ahsa
    • Middle Low German: asse
  • Old Dutch: *assa
    • Middle Dutch: asse
      • Dutch: as
        • Afrikaans: as
        • Negerhollands: az
        • → Indonesian: as
        • → Papiamentu: as (dated)
  • Old High German: ahsa
    • Middle High German: ahse

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 176: “PWGmc *ahsu”
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