a
Old Danish
/ɑː/
noun
Definitions
- (Scania) stream, river
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse á (river, on, in, on top of, at, onto, ow) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (river, waters, water, stream).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*ahwō
Gloss
river, waters, water, stream
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
河
Emoji
🐻
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ayside English
- Aa Dutch, Flemish
- IJ Dutch, Flemish
- *h₂ekʷeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ahwō Proto-Germanic
- *baką Proto-Germanic
- headfod Old English
- ēa Old English
- á Old Norse
- áeggjan Old Norse
- áleikr Old Norse
- ǫ́ Old Norse
- Århus Danish
- wilt awa, wilt aha Old High German
- 𐌰𐍈𐌰 Gothic
- *ahu gmw-pro
- a Old Dutch
- ā Old Dutch
- aha Old Saxon