*audagaz

Runic: ᚨᚢᛞᚨᚷᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɑu̯.ðɑ.ɣɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

  1. wealthy, rich; prosperous
  2. fortunate, happy; blessed

Etymology

From *audaz + *-gaz, literally ‘possessing wealth or prosperity’ (Kroonen 2013: 40, s.v. *auda-). The suffix continues Proto-Indo-European *-ko-s. Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (audags), Old English ēadig, Old Saxon ōdag, and Old High German ōtag support its reconstruction (Kluge 1899: 99; Lehmann 1986a: 47, s.v. audags). Old Norse auðigr may continue a parallel *audigaz, as Orel (2003: 28–29) reconstructs, or reflect later remodeling with productive *-igaz. ‘Wealthy, prosperous’ is probably primary; ‘fortunate, happy, blessed’ developed through the association of prosperity with good fortune (Pimenova 2022: 957–58).

Declension

Strong declension

CaseSg. Masc.Sg. Fem.Sg. Neut.Pl. Masc.Pl. Fem.Pl. Neut.
Nom.audagazaudagōaudagą, -atōaudagaiaudagôzaudagō
Acc.audaganǭaudagǭaudagą, -atōaudaganzaudagōzaudagō
Gen.audagas, -isaudagaizōzaudagas, -isaudagaizǫ̂audagaizǫ̂audagaizǫ̂
Dat.audagammaiaudagaizōiaudagammaiaudagaimazaudagaimazaudagaimaz
Inst.audaganōaudagaizōaudaganōaudagaimizaudagaimizaudagaimiz

Weak declension

CaseSg. Masc.Sg. Fem.Sg. Neut.Pl. Masc.Pl. Fem.Pl. Neut.
Nom.audagôaudagǭaudagôaudaganizaudagōnizaudagōnō
Acc.audaganųaudagōnųaudagôaudaganunzaudagōnunzaudagōnō
Gen.audaginizaudagōnizaudaginizaudaganǫ̂audagōnǫ̂audaganǫ̂
Dat.audaginiaudagōniaudaginiaudagammazaudagōmazaudagammaz
Inst.audaginēaudagōnēaudaginēaudagammizaudagōmizaudagammiz

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Descendants

  • *audag (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ōtag (Old High German)
    • ōdag (Old Saxon)
  • *audag (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ēadiġ, ēadeġ (Old English)
      • edy, hedy, eadi, eædi, eddi, edi (Middle English)
  • auðigr (Old Norse)
    • auðugur (Icelandic)
  • 𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (audags) (Gothic)
  • *autugas (Proto-Finnic)

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