Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adv
Easily.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryEasy; not hard or difficult.
From Middle English ethe (“easy”), from Old English īeþe, from Proto-Germanic *auþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwtus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to enjoy, consume”). Cognate with Scots eith (“easy”), Old Saxon ōþi, Old High German ōdi (“easy, effortless”), Middle High German œde (“easy”), Old Norse auðr, auð- (“easy”), Icelandic auð (“(adverb) easily”), auð- (“easy”). More at easy.
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- Root classification mention*h₂ew-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionetheenm
- Inherited-form mentionīeþeang
- Inherited-form mention*auþuzgem-pro
- Derivation mention*h₂éwtusine-pro
- Derivation mention*h₂ew-ine-pro
- Cognate mentioneithsco
- Cognate mentionōþiosx
- Cognate mentionōdigoh
- Cognate mentionœdegmh
- Cognate mentionauð-non
- Cognate mentionauð-is
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