*ēþmaz

Runic: ᛖᚦᛗᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɛːθ.mɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

  1. breath, breathing
  2. spirit
  3. breeze

Etymology

Likely a reformulation of ēþmô (‘breath, spirit’) as an a-stem.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.ēþmazēþmōz, ēþmōs
Acc.ēþmąēþmanz
Gen.ēþmas, ēþmisēþmǫ̂
Dat.ēþmaiēþmamaz
Inst.ēþmōēþmamiz
Voc.ēþmēþmōz, ēþmōs

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Descendants

  • *āþm, ādm (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *āthom, *āththem (Old Dutch)
      • âdem, âessem, âsem (Middle Dutch)
        • aom, aosem (Limburgish)
  • *āþm, ādm (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *āthom, *āththem (Old Dutch)
      • âdem, âessem, âsem (Middle Dutch)
        • adem, asem (Dutch)
          • asem (Afrikaans)
  • *āþm, ādm (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ǣþm, ǣðm, ēþm, ēðm (Old English)
      • ethem (Middle English)
  • *āþm, ādm (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *āthma, *āmma, ēthma, ādema, amma, omma (Old Frisian)
      • ome (North Frisian)
      • Omme (Saterland Frisian)
      • amme (West Frisian)
  • *āþm, ādm (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ātum, ātam, ātem, ātim, ādum, ādom, ādem, hātam (Old High German)
      • ātem, ādem, āten (Middle High German)
        • Åtem (Bavarian)
        • aatom (Cimbrian)
        • Atem, Odem (German)
        • אָטעם (otem) (Yiddish)
  • *āþm, ādm (Proto-West Germanic)
    • āthom, āthum (Old Saxon)
      • âdem, âtem, âtmen, âdam (Middle Low German)
        • Aam, Aten (Low German)

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