*ehwaz

Runic: ᛖᚺᚹᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈe.xʷɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

  1. horse
  2. name of the rune ᛖ (“e”)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱw-o-s (‘horse’), likely a derivation of the adjective *h₁éḱ-u-s (‘quick, swift) (Kloekhorst 2008). Cognates are Proto-Balto-Slavic éśwāˀ (‘mare’), Proto-Celtic ekʷos (‘horse’), Latin equus (‘horse, steed’), and Ancient Greek ἵππος (hippos) (hippos, ‘horse, mare’). Already archaic, it was only used in compounds and poetically in the Proto-Germanic daughter languages.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.ehwazehwōz, ehwōs
Acc.ehwąehwanz
Gen.ehwas, ehwisehwǫ̂
Dat.ehwaiehwamaz
Inst.ehwōehwamiz
Voc.ehwehwōz, ehwōs

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Descendants

  • *ehw (Proto-West Germanic)
    • eoh (Old English)
  • *ehw (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ehu- (in compounds) (Old High German)
  • *ehw (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ehu-, eo- (in compounds) (Old Saxon)
  • *ᛖᚢᚨᛉ (*euaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • jór, eór (Old Norse)
      • jór (Icelandic)
  • *ᛖᚢᛉ (*euʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • jór, eór (Old Norse)
      • jór (Icelandic)
  • *𐌰𐌹𐍈𐍃 (*aiƕs) (Gothic)
  • 𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (aiƕatundi) (Gothic)
  • *hëpo (Proto-Finnic)

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