Proto-Germanic

*awjō

‘floodplain’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *awjō.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *awjō, most familiar first.

• island ← iland ← īeġland ← *auwjuland ← *awjōlandą
• ey ← ei ← ēġ ← *auwju
• ait ← eyt ← īġeoþ ← īeġ ← *auwju
• eyot ← eyt ← īġeoþ ← īeġ ← *auwju

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *awjō