a
Old English
adv
Definitions
- ever, always
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (age, eternity, long time) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (vital energy, vital force, lifetime, long time, eternity, long life, vitality, life, eternal).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eyu-
Gloss
vital energy, vital force, lifetime, long time, eternity, long life, vitality, life, eternal
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
生
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- a- English
- adays English
- ae English
- aye English
- ayegreen English
- aeternus Latin
- aetātem Latin
- aevitās Latin
- aevum Latin
- immer German
- je German
- jedoch German
- jemand German
- jetzt German
- jé Hungarian
- αἰεί Ancient Greek
- αἰών Ancient Greek
- *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eyu- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂yéws, *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European
- *aiwa Proto-Germanic
- *aiwaz Proto-Germanic
- *ni aiw-gin Proto-Germanic
- ju Swedish
- ā- Old English
- ān Old English
- a- Middle English
- aye Middle English
- aidhe Irish
- ei Old Norse
- ey Old Norse
- ei Icelandic
- io Old High German
- ioweder Old High German
- ewe Middle High German
- jee Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌰𐌹𐍅 Gothic
- 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅 Gothic
- *aiw gmw-pro
- io Old Dutch
- ēwa Old Dutch
- e Middle Low German
- *Háywas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- eo Old Saxon
- neo Old Saxon
- ēwig Old Saxon
- *aiwo- Proto-Italic
- *aiwom Proto-Italic
- *aiwotāts Proto-Italic
- ae Scots
- aye Scots
- iuw Western Frisian
- *awi-mātusānj Proto-Albanian
- aiva Ingrian
- *aiweí Proto-Hellenic