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Where does “aiþ” come from?

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

aiþ (Proto-West Germanic): oath

Definitions

  1. oath

Ancestry of “aiþ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicaiþazoath
2Proto-Indo-Europeanoyt-—

Words derived from “aiþ”

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