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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
masculine a-stemDeclension 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. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*aiþa-stabaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 10
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