*augahlid

Reconstruction

Wiktionary reconstructs *augahlid "eyelid" for Proto-West Germanic.^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Proto-West Germanic *augā (“eye”) + *hlid (“lid, cover”), as Wiktionary derives it.^[1] Köbler likewise refers Old Frisian āghlid to the Old Frisian words for "eye" and "lid",^[2] and Old High German ouglid to the Old High German words for "eye" and "lid".^[3]

Morphology

A neuter a-stem in Old Frisian and in Old High German.^[2][3]

Evidence

Of the old languages, the compound is recorded in Old Frisian and Old High German.^[2][3] Hofmann and Popkema list it as a compound under hlid, which by itself also means "eyelid".^[4] Boutkan and Siebinga cite Middle Low German ōgenlit and Middle Dutch oge(n)lit beside the simple word.^[5] The Old High German word glosses Latin cilium in a gloss of the 13th century.^[3] The Old English, Old Saxon and Old Dutch forms that Wiktionary gives are its own reconstructions, marked with an asterisk.^[1]

Meanings

1. eyelid^[1][2][3]

Reflexes

• Old Frisian: āghlid (“eyelid”)^[2]
• Old High German: ouglid (“eyelid”)^[3]

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org, p. s.v. *augahlid
2. ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altfriesisches Wörterbuch, 4th ed., online, koeblergerhard.de/wikiling, p. s.v. âghlid
3. ^ a b c d e f Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, 6th ed., online, koeblergerhard.de/wikiling, p. s.v. ouglid
4. ^ Hofmann, Dietrich; Popkema, Anne Tjerk (2008), Altfriesisches Handwörterbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, p. s.v. hlid
5. ^ Boutkan, Dirk; Siebinga, Sjoerd Michiel (2005), Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 1, Leiden / Boston: Brill, p. s.v. hlid