Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA river or watercourse.
From Middle English ee, ea, æ, from Old English ēa (“river”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahu (“waters, river”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Compare English aqua. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian ia (“river”), Saterland Frisian Äi (“river”), West Frisian ie (“water, stream”), Dutch a (“water, stream”), German Ache (“water, stream, river, flood”), Danish å (“stream, creek”), Swedish å (“stream, creek”), Icelandic á (“stream, river”), Latin aqua (“water”).
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentioneeenm
- Inherited-form mentionēaang · river
- Inherited-form mention*ahugmw-pro · waters, river
- Inherited-form mention*ahwōgem-pro · waters, river
- Inherited-form mention*h₂ekʷeh₂ine-pro · water, flowing water
- Cognate mentionaquaen
- Cognate mentioniafrr
- Cognate mentionÄistq
- Cognate mentioniefy
- Cognate mentionanl
- Cognate mentionAchede
- Cognate mentionåda
- Cognate mentionåsv
- Cognate mentionáis
- Cognate mentionaquala
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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