*Auzandilaz

From pre-Germanic *h₂ows-ont-e-ló-s, a diminutive in *-eló- built to substantivized *h₂óws-ont-, from the aorist participle *h₂us-ént-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (Rix et al. 2001: 292–293; Schaffner 2021: 110–112; Wodtko et al. 2008: 357–59). Related to the Indo-European dawn word reflected in Sanskrit उषस् (uṣás), Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs), Aeolic Greek αὔως (aúōs), Latin aurora, and Lithuanian aušrà. The Gothic reading auzandil (restored as nominative singular auzandils), translates Greek ἑωσφόρος in Isaiah 14:12 and is directly comparable with Old English ēarendel and the Old High German personal names Aurendil, Haurendil, Ōrendil, Ōrentil, continued by Middle High German Ōrendel (Falluomini 2017: 291; Schaffner 2021: 95–98, 110–111). This evidence favors Proto-Germanic *auzandilaz, not a compound with second member *-wandilaz, since a Gothic reflex of such a compound would be expected to preserve *w- in the second constituent, as in Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌿𐍃 (baurgswaddjus), and 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰 (daúrawarda); Schaffner accordingly notes that a form continuing **au̯zra-u̯andila-z should have appeared as Gothic **aurawandils (Schaffner 2021: 113–114). Old Norse Aurvandill and Langobardic Auriwandalo are therefore probably not exact continuations of the same formation but rather reflect a separate compound *au(z)ra/i-wandilaz, perhaps originally a name for Orion (Gąsiorowski 2012: 124; Schaffner 2021: 113–114, 122).