Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aitr

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 *aitrą.

Noun

*aitr n^[1]

poison
Synonym: *lubbjō
boil, sore
Synonym: *būlijā

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*aitr
Genitive	*aittras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aitr	*aittru
Accusative	*aitr	*aittru
Genitive	*aittras	*aittrō
Dative	*aittrē	*aittrum
Instrumental	*aittru	*aittrum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: ātor, āttor, ǣtor, ǣttor
- Middle English: atter, attere, attir, attre, atture, attyr, attyre, atterr (Ormulum)
  - English: atter
  - Scots: atter, etter
Old Frisian: āter, ater, ātter, atter
- Saterland Frisian: Atter
- West Frisian: etter
Old Saxon: ēttor, ēttar; eitir
- Middle Low German: etter
  - German Low German: Etter, Atter
Old Dutch: *ētar, *ēttar; eitir
- Middle Dutch: etter, atter
  - Dutch: etter, atter
Old High German: eitar, eittar
- Middle High German: eiter
  - German: Eiter
  - Luxembourgish: Eeter

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54: “PWGmc *aitr, *aittra-”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54: “PWGmc *aitr, *aittra-”

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