Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “eid” come from?

eid (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic aiþ, from Proto-Germanic aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European oyt-.

eid (Old High German): oath

Definitions

  1. oath

Ancestry of “eid”, step by step

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

Words derived from “eid”

  • Huguenot
  • Huguenotism
  • eiguenot
  • huguenot
  • Offenbarungseid
  • Eid
  • Eidgenossenschaft
  • eedgenot
  • hugenoot
  • eit
  • Eed
  • Eidgenoss
Every word from Proto-Indo-European oyt- →