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Where does “āþ” come from?

āþ (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic aiþ, from Proto-Germanic aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European oyt-.

āþ (Old English): oath

Definitions

  1. oath

Ancestry of “āþ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicaiþoath
2Proto-Germanicaiþazoath
3Proto-Indo-Europeanoyt-—

Words derived from “āþ”

  • oath
  • oathtaking
  • oathbound
  • oathbreaker
  • oathbreaking
  • oathless
  • oathable
  • oathlike
  • oaths
  • oath-ring
  • oth
  • ooth
  • ath
Every word from Proto-Indo-European oyt- →