Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aigin

Etymology
Probably from, from the same root as , but no known parallels outside Germanic.

Noun

 * 1) shoot, barb

Inflection
The nominative singular lacks the final consonant of the stem. This preserves an old sound change from late PIE, where word-final *-t becomes *-d. According to Grimm's Law, *t shifted to *þ, and *d shifted to *t. Following this, word-final *-t was lost regularly.