*awjō

Runic: ᚨᚹᛃᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɑu̯.jɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

wetland; floodplain, meadow
island

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *ahwjā́, a jō-stem derivative of *ahwō; Ringe (2017: 130) reconstructs the development *ahʷjā́ > *agʷjā́ > Proto-Germanic *aujō (here *awjō), while Kroonen (2013: 41–42) projects the formation as *h₂ekʷ-iéh₂. Ultimately associated with *h₂ékʷeh₂, also underlying Latin aqua (Lloyd & Springer 1988: s.v. aha¹). The deeper origin of this restricted Germanic–Italic word is disputed: Beekes (1998: 459–61) considers it an Old European substrate word, whereas Kroonen tentatively connects it with PIE *h₂ep- (Kroonen 2013: 7, s.v. *ahwō-). See *ahwō for further discussion.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	awjō	awjôz
Acc.	awjǭ	awjōz
Gen.	awjōz	awjǫ̂
Dat.	awjōi	awjōmaz
Inst.	awjō	awjōmiz
Voc.	awjō	awjôz

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*auwju (Proto-West Germanic)
- ōi, *owe (Old Dutch)
  - ooy, ouwe (Middle Dutch)
    - Ooij, unknown: ooibos, landouw (Dutch)
*auwju (Proto-West Germanic)
- īeġ, ēġ, īġ (Old English)
  - ei, i, ie (Middle English)
    - ey (English)
*auwju (Proto-West Germanic)
- ā (Old Frisian)
  - Äi (Saterland Frisian)
*auwju (Proto-West Germanic)
- ouwa (Old High German)
  - ouwe (Middle High German)
    - Au, Aue (German)
    - A (Luxembourgish)
*auwju (Proto-West Germanic)
- ōia (Old Saxon)
  - ouwe, ou, ow, ō (Middle Low German)
    - Oie (Low German)
*ᚨᚢᛃᚢ (*auju) (Proto-Norse)
- ey, ᚢ (u) (Old Norse)
  - -ey, -ay (English)
  - oyggj, oy (Faroese)
  - oy (Gutnish)
  - ey, eyja (Icelandic)
*ᚨᚢᛃᚢ (*auju) (Proto-Norse)
- ey, ᚢ (u) (Old Norse)
  - ø (Danish)
    - oe (English)
*ᚨᚢᛃᚢ (*auju) (Proto-Norse)
- ey, ᚢ (u) (Old Norse)
  - øy (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    - øy (Norwegian Bokmål)
*ᚨᚢᛃᚢ (*auju) (Proto-Norse)
- ey, ᚢ (u) (Old Norse)
  - ø̄ (Old Swedish)
    - ö (Swedish)

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