Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/agiþahsijā
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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[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From otherwise unattested *agi (“lizard, snake”), from Proto-Germanic *agiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis, + *þehsan (whence Middle High German dehsan (“to swingle (flax)”), from *þehsaną, from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (“to cut, hew”), + *-jā (agent suffix).[1]
Noun[edit]
*agiþahsijā f[2]
Inflection[edit]
| ōn-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *agiþahsijā | |
| Genitive | *agiþahsijōn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *agiþahsijā | *agiþahsijōn |
| Accusative | *agiþahsijōn | *agiþahsijōn |
| Genitive | *agiþahsijōn | *agiþahsijōnō |
| Dative | *agiþahsijōn | *agiþahsijōm, *agiþahsijum |
| Instrumental | *agiþahsijōn | *agiþahsijōm, *agiþahsijum |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: āþexe
- Old Saxon: egithassa, ewidehsa
- Old Dutch: *egithassa
- Old High German: egidehsa, ewidehsa
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*aʒwi-þaxsjōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 4
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Eidechse”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 168