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
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *awjō