eid
Old High German
/eit/
noun
Definitions
- oath
Etymology
Inherited from *aiþ inherited from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz (oath) derived from Proto-Indo-European *oyt-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*oyt-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Eid German
- *h₁óytos Proto-Indo-European
- *oyt- Proto-Indo-European
- ed Norwegian Bokmål
- *aiþaz Proto-Germanic
- eid Norwegian Nynorsk
- aþ Old English
- friþaþ Old English
- manaþ Old English
- āþ Old English
- ooth Middle English
- eiðr Old Norse
- trúnaðareiðr Old Norse
- eiður Icelandic
- eiður Faroese
- eit Middle High German
- Eed Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- *aiþ gmw-pro
- *ēth Old Dutch
- êt Middle Low German
- eth Old Saxon
- ēth Old Saxon
- eþer Old Swedish
- ēþer, eþer Old Swedish
- ēth Old Frisian
- ēþ, eth Old Danish