Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise. · A statement or promise which is strengthened (affirmed) by such a pledge. · A light, irreverent or insulting appeal to a deity or other entity. · A curse, a curse word.
To pledge.
From Middle English ooth, oth, ath, from Old English āþ (“oath”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiþ (“oath”), from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz (“oath”). Cognate with Scots aith, athe (“oath”), North Frisian ith, iss (“oath”), Saterland Frisian Eed (“oath”), West Frisian eed (“oath”), Dutch eed (“oath”), German Eid (“oath”), Swedish ed (“oath”), Icelandic eið (“oath”), Latin ūtor (“make use of, employ, avail”, verb), Old Irish óeth (“oath”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionoothenm
- Inherited-form mentionāþang
- Inherited-form mention*aiþgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*aiþazgem-pro
- Cognate mentionaithsco
- Cognate mentionithfrr
- Cognate mentionEedstq · oath
- Cognate mentioneedfy · oath
- Cognate mentioneednl · oath
- Cognate mentionEidde · oath
- Cognate mentionedsv · oath
- Cognate mentioneiðis · oath
- Cognate mentionūtorla · make use of, employ, avail
- Cognate mentionóethsga · oath
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