*euþą

Runic: ᛖᚢᚦᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈeu̯.θɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

baby

Etymology

(Kölligan 2024) provides two fresh possibilities for this derivation:

A full-grade nominalized verbal adjective: *h₁euH-tó-m (literally, ‘the suckled one’ or ‘the one given milk’) from Proto-Indo-European root *h₁euH- (‘to give milk, suckle’), with a formal analog in the word *kinþą (‘child’); or,

Applying a simple thematic nominal suffix *-o- directly to the extended Proto-Indo-European root *h₁éwHdʰr̥ / *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (‘udder’) yields *h₁éwH-dʰ-o-m (‘offspring of the breast/udder’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.euþąeuþō
Acc.euþąeuþō
Gen.euþas, iuþiseuþǫ̂
Dat.euþaieuþamaz
Inst.euþōeuþamiz
Voc.euþąeuþō

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Descendants

  • *eod (Proto-West Germanic)
    • Eoda (Old English)
  • *eod (Proto-West Germanic)
    • Eodo, Eoto, Iuto (Old High German)
  • jóð (Old Norse)
    • jóð (Icelandic)
      • Jóðgeirr, Jóðhildr
  • *Euþ (Gothic)
    • *Euþareiks
      • Eutharicus
  • Eudo (Lombardic)
  • Eudila (Burgundian)

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