au̯o-s
maternal grandfather
Reflexes - Pokorny
| Language | Reflex(es) | Gloss | Grammar | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | ||||
| Old Irish | aue | grandson | n.masc | W7 LRC |
| English | ||||
| Old English | ēam | uncle | n.masc | W7 ASD LRC |
| Middle English | uncle | uncle | n | W7 LRC |
| English | atavism | recurrence of ancestral form in organism | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | avuncular | re: uncle | adj | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | ayah | native nurse/maid in India | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | uncle | parent's brother, aunt's husband | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Frisian | em | uncle | n.masc | ASD LRC |
| Frisian | yem(e) | uncle | n | ASD LRC |
| Dutch | oom | uncle | n.masc | ASD LRC |
| Old High German | ōheim | uncle | n.masc | ASD LRC |
| Middle High German | ōheim, oeheim | uncle | n.masc | ASD LRC |
| German | Oh(ei)m | uncle | n.masc | ASD LRC |
| German | Onkel | uncle | n.masc | CDC LRC |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse | Ái | Ai, Great-grandfather | prop.n.masc | LRC |
| Danish | onkel | uncle | n | CDC LRC |
| Swedish | onkel | uncle | n | CDC LRC |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin | atavus | ancestor | n.masc | W7 LRC |
| Latin | avia | grandmother | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| Latin | avunculus, avonculus | maternal uncle, lit. little grandfather | n.masc.dim | W7 CDC LRC |
| Latin | avus | grandfather | n.masc | W7 LRC |
| Portuguese | aia | native nurse/maid in India | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| Spanish | aya | tutor | n | CDC LRC |
| Old French | uncle, oncle | uncle | n.masc | CDC LRC |
| French | atavisme | atavism, archaic inheritance | n.masc | W7 LRC |
| French | oncle | uncle | n | CDC LRC |
| Provençal | oncle, avoncle | uncle | n | CDC LRC |
| Italian | aja | tutor | n | CDC LRC |
| Italian | avunculo | uncle | n | CDC LRC |
| Rumanian | unchiu | maternal uncle | n | CDC LRC |
| Indo-Iranian | ||||
| Hindi | āyā | ayah, grandmother | n | W7 LRC |