Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *awjōlandąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_awjōlandą
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Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 1)DirkBoutkanSjoerd M.SiebingaBrill2005Nominal compounds in GermanicCharles T.CarrLondonOxford University Press1939Dutch eiland ‘island’: Inherited or borrowed?Michielde VaanAmsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik 73527–5382014īeġlandislandeylandislandā-löndislandey-landislandeilandisland
nounneutera-stemislandFrom *awjō + *landą. The compound is reflected by Old English īeġland and Old Norse eyland, but its reconstruction to Proto-Germanic is uncertain. Old Frisian ā-lönd, ey-land appears to have arisen by secondary addition of ‘land’ to the inherited word for ‘island’, partly to distinguish it from homonyms Boutkan & Siebinga 2005: 2, and Carr 1939: 37–38 accordingly regarded the compound as post-Proto-Germanic, while conceding that the Old English and Old Norse forms could formally continue a Proto-Germanic formation. Dutch eiland and related continental forms are probably borrowed from Old Frisian and therefore provide no independent evidence for Proto-Germanic antiquity de Vaan 2014: 527–538. A Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą is possible, but parallel secondary formations in the daughter languages cannot be excluded.