"aiwiþu" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

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Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *aiwiþō. Equivalent to *aiw (“long time, eternity”) + *-iþu (abstract noun suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*aiwiþō}} Proto-Germanic *aiwiþō, {{suffix|gmw-pro|*aiw|*-iþu|pos2=abstract noun suffix|t1=long time, eternity}} *aiw (“long time, eternity”) + *-iþu (abstract noun suffix) Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|noun|g=f}} *aiwiþu f Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-noun-o}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], aiwiþu [nominative, singular], aiwiþō [nominative, plural], aiwiþā [accusative, singular], aiwiþā [accusative, plural], aiwiþā [genitive, singular], aiwiþō [genitive, plural], aiwiþē [dative, singular], aiwiþōm [dative, plural], aiwiþum [dative, plural], aiwiþu [instrumental, singular], aiwiþōm [instrumental, plural], aiwiþum [instrumental, plural]
  1. eternity Tags: feminine, reconstruction
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          "expansion": "Old Dutch: ēwitha",
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      "text": "Old Dutch: ēwitha"
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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    },
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      "form": "aiwiþē",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiwiþu",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "aiwiþē",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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