Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *aiþastabazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_aiþastabaz
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Nominal compounds in GermanicCharles T.CarrLondonOxford University Press1939A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic LawJeffreyLoveIngerLarssonUlrikaDjärvCambridgeOpen Book Publishers2020ISBN: 978-1-78374-817-4Encyclopedia of Indo-European CultureJames P.MalloryDouglas Q.AdamsFitzroy Dearborn Publishers1997A Handbook of Germanic EtymologyVladimirOrelBrill2003οἶτοςfate, doom*h₁ey-to go*h₁óy-to-sa going, course*stebʰ-to stand still, harden, supportstãbaspostस्तभ्नातिsupports, props upóethoatheiðstafroath formula; words with which to swear an oathāþstæfoathēdstafoatheitstapoath*oito-fatesabshaft
nounmasculinea-steman oath formula; the prescribed wording of an oathby extension, an oath or the taking of an oathFrom *aiþaz + *stabaz, with the second constituent in the specialized sense ‘word, clause, formula’; thus literally ‘oath-wording’ rather than ‘oath-staff’ Carr 1939: 46Love et al. 2020: s.v. eiðstafrOrel 2003: 10. The compound is continued by Old Norse eiðstafr, while Old English āþstæf, Old Saxon ēdstaf, and Middle High German eitstap show metonymic generalization from the formula to the oath itself Orel 2003: 10.The first constituent*aiþaz continues Celto-Germanic *oito-s (‘oath’), traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óy-to-s, from root *h₁ey-, though both the PIE derivation and the possibility of early Celtic borrowing remain uncertain. Cognate with Old Irish óeth and perhaps Ancient Greek οἶτος and Old Phrygian *oito-Mallory & Adams 1997: 408–409Orel 2003: 10. The second consituent, *stabaz, ultimately belongs to Proto-Indo-European root *stebʰ-, with cognates including Sanskrit स्तभ्नाति, Lithuanian stãbas, and Middle Irish sabOrel 2003: 368.