Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/agi

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *agaz.

Noun

*agi m [1]

fear

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*agi
Genitive	*agī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*agi	*agī
Accusative	*agi	*agī
Genitive	*agī	*aggjō
Dative	*agī	*agim
Instrumental	*agī	*agim

Derived terms

*agisōn

Related terms

*agisō

Descendants

Old English: eġe, æġe, eiġe
- Middle English: eye, æie, eȝe, eȝȝe, eiȝe, eghe, eie, aye, ay
  - English: ey (obsolete, regional, rare)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 237: “PWGmc *agi”

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[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 237: “PWGmc *agi”