Etymograph

English

Eye

Eye comes from Old English īeġ ‘island’, from Proto-West Germanic *auwju ‘floodplain, meadow’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ekʷeh₂reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*ahwō‘river’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*awjō‘floodplain’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*auwju‘floodplain, meadow’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150īeġ‘island’
  6. EnglishtodayEye

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ekʷeh₂reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*ahwō‘river’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*awjō‘floodplain’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*auwju‘floodplain, meadow’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150īeġ‘island’
  6. EnglishtodayEye

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *ahwō ‘river’

ea, eddy, eau, yeo, 1 more

through Proto-Germanic *awjō ‘floodplain’

island, 1 more

through Proto-West Germanic *auwju ‘floodplain, meadow’

ey, 1 more

through Old English īeġ ‘island’

ait, 1 more

Today it means

name A place name: A large village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF2202).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ / Eye

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