Reconstruction:Old English/ons

From Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god, deity”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- (“engender, beget”). Cognate with Old Norse áss, Latin Ansīs pl (borrowed from Gothic). Appears in the historical record within the personal name Onswini (from Proto-Germanic *Ansuwiniz), an earlier form of Ōswine.

• IPA^(key): /ons/

ons m

1. a god
2. the runic character ᚩ (/o/ or /oː/)

• Much like later ōs, the nominative plural *ense, genitive plural *ensa and dative singular *ense display i-mutation despite it being a u-stem, likely a fossilization from an earlier stage between Proto-West Germanic *ansu and here due to the word’s archaic meaning, rather than its active usage.

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• god

• Old English: ōs