Source etymology 1
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryEver, always.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-osinflu. Proto-Germanic *aiwazder. Old Norse eybor. Middle English ay English aye From Middle English ay, ai, aȝȝ, from Old Norse ei, ey, from Proto-Germanic *aiwa, *aiwą, and/or *aiwō (“ever, always”), from *aiwaz (“age; law”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“long time”). Doublet of aeviternity and aevum. See also Old English āwo, āwa, ā, ō, Middle Dutch ie, German je; also Old English ǣ(w) (“law”), West Frisian ieu (“century”), Dutch eeuw (“century”); also Irish aois (“age, period”), Breton oad (“age, period”), Latin aevum (“eternity”), Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionayenm
- Derivation mentioneinon
- Derivation mention*aiwagem-pro
- Derivation mention*h₂eyu-ine-pro
- Doublet mentionaeviternityen
- Doublet mentionaevumen
- Cognate mentionāwoang
- Cognate mentioniedum
- Cognate mentionjede
- Cognate mentionǣang
- Cognate mentionieufy
- Cognate mentioneeuwnl
- Cognate mentionaoisga
- Cognate mentionoadbr
- Cognate mentionaevumla
- Cognate mentionαἰώνgrc
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