Proto-Germanic: *aiwa-z, -n, *aiwō(n)
Meaning: law
Old English: ǟ, ǟw, gen. ǟ, ǟe, ǟwe f., gen. ǟs n. `law; statute, custom, rite, marriage'
Old Frisian: ā, ē, ēwe wk f. (n-decl.), ēwa
Old Saxon: ēo, ēu st. m.
Middle Dutch: ēwe, ee, eeuw
Dutch: eegade m., n.
Middle Low German: ē(we), ēwe, ee, eeuw
Old High German: ēwa, ēwī f. (8. Jh.)
Middle High German: ēwe, ē st. f. 'endlos lange zeit, ewigkeit; alterkömmliches gewohnheitsrecht, recht, gesetz'
German: Ehe
Comments: All forms except OSax also mean `Ehevertrag, Ehe'.
