Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *awizScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_awiz
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nounfemininei-stemsheepewe, especially in Northwest GermanicFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówi- ~ *h₂éwi-, an acrostatic i-stem, traditionally cited as nominative singular *h₂ówis. The initial laryngeal is disputed: *h₂- is perhaps most likely, but *h₃ówi- ~ *h₃éwi- remains a viable alternative and is preferred by several major etymological dictionaries Adams 2025Beekes 2010: 1060–61, s.v. ὄϊςde Vaan 2008: 437–38Kloekhorst 2008: 337–38, s.v. ḫāu̯i-Kroonen 2013: 45, s.v. *awi-. The inherited meaning was generic ‘sheep’; specialization to ‘ewe’ is secure in Northwest Germanic, though Kroonen reconstructs this sense already for Proto-Germanic Kroonen 2013: 45Ringe & Taylor 2014: 237. Cognate with Sanskrit अवि-Mayrhofer 1992: 135, Ancient Greek ὄῐ̈ςBeekes 2010: 1060–61, s.v. ὄϊς, Latin ovisde Vaan 2008: 437–38, Lithuanian avi̇̀s, and Cuneiform Luwian 𒄩𒀀𒌑𒄿𒅖, and Lycian 𐊜𐊀𐊇𐊙Kloekhorst 2008: 337–38.