Eid
German (Berlin)
/aɪ̯t/
noun
Definitions
- (especially official) oath
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German eit inherited from Old High German eid 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
- geneat English
- oath English
- oath-ring English
- oathable English
- oathbound English
- oathbreach English
- oathbreaker English
- oathbreaking English
- oathless English
- oathlet English
- oathlike English
- oathtaking English
- -es- German
- -s- German
- Amt German
- Amtseid German
- Brecher German
- Bruch German
- Eidbrecher German
- Eidbruch German
- Eidesformel German
- Eidgenosse German
- Eidgenossenschaft German
- Eidgenossin German
- Formel German
- Genosse German
- Genossenschaft German
- Offenbarung German
- Offenbarungseid German
- beeidigen German
- eidgenössisch German
- ambtseed Dutch, Flemish
- eed Dutch, Flemish
- eedgenot Dutch, Flemish
- eedgespan Dutch, Flemish
- zuiveringseed Dutch, Flemish
- *h₁óytos Proto-Indo-European
- *newd- Proto-Indo-European
- *oyt- Proto-Indo-European
- *aiþaz Proto-Germanic
- *ganautaz Proto-Germanic
- *nautą Proto-Germanic
- aþ Old English
- geneat Old English
- āþ Old English
- ooth Middle English
- eiðr Old Norse
- mötunautr Old Norse
- ed Danish
- eet Middle Dutch
- eid Old High German
- ginozo Old High German
- eed Afrikaans
- eit Middle High German
- Eed Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- *aiþ gmw-pro
- *ēth Old Dutch
- genōt Old Dutch
- eth Old Saxon
- ginot Old Saxon
- ēth Old Saxon
- Eidgenoss Alemannic German
- ēth Old Frisian
- ēþ, eth Old Danish