æghwæþer

== Old English == === Alternative forms === ǣġþer, (contraction) āþer === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *aiw (“always”) ( > Old English ā) + *gahwaþera (“each”) (> Old English ġehwæþer). Ultimately pertaining to *aiw + *hwaþar. Cognate with Old Saxon eogihwethar, Old High German eogihwedar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæːjˌxwæ.θer/, [ˈæːjˌʍæ.ðer] === Pronoun === ǣġhwæþer each (of two) both late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: either, ayther, æȝþer, ethir, eiþer, outher, aithir (Cumberland)English: eitherScots: aither