Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ajją

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

By Holtzmann's law from *ojóm, by Dybo's law from *ōjóm, by Mahlow's law from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑj.jɑ̃/

*ajją n^[1]

1. egg

• Proto-West Germanic: *aij
  • Old English: ǣġ, ǣġer — combining form
    • Middle English: ey, ay, aye, ei, eye, eyȝ, æȝ (Early Middle English)
      • English: ey (obsolete)
      • ⇒ Middle English: cokeney, cokenay (disputed)
        • English: Cockney
  • Old Frisian: *ei, *ai
    • Saterland Frisian: Oai
    • West Frisian: aei, aai
  • Old Saxon: ei, eig, egg
    • Middle Low German: ei, egg, eig
      • Low German:
        • German Low German: Ei

          Westphalian:

          Lippisch: Egg

          Märkisch: Ägg

          Ravensbergisch: Åich

          Sauerländisch: Ai

          Westmünsterländisch: Äi

        • Plautdietsch: Ei
  • Old Dutch: *ei
    • Middle Dutch: ei, ey
      • Dutch: ei
        • Afrikaans: eier
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: airi
        • Jersey Dutch: āi
        • Negerhollands: ee, eiu, eyu, eju
      • Limburgish: ei
  • Old High German: ei
    • Middle High German: ei
      • Alemannic German:
        • Swabian: Oi
      • Bavarian: Oa
        • Mòcheno: oi
      • Central Franconian: Ei, Ää, Aai
        • Hunsrik: Eu
        • Luxembourgish: Ee
      • German: Ei
      • Vilamovian: e
      • Yiddish: איי (ey)
• Old Norse: egg
  • Icelandic: egg
  • Faroese: egg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: egg
  • Elfdalian: egg
  • Old Swedish: æg
    • Swedish: ägg
  • Scanian: ægg
  • Danish: æg
    • Norwegian Bokmål: egg
  • → Middle English: eg, eeg, egg, egge, egghe, eeg
    • English: egg, egge
      • →⇒ German: not the yellow from the egg
      • Jamaican Creole: eg
      • Sranan Tongo: eksi
    • Scots: egg
    • Yola: egges (plural)
• Crimean Gothic: ada