An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Einöde

by Friedrich Kluge

Einöde, f., from the equiv. MidHG. einœde, einœte, einôte, f., ‘solitude, desert,’ OHG. einôti, n., ‘solitude, desert.’ By being based on öde, the MidHG. and ModHG. word received its present form; properly, however, -ôti in the OHG. word is a suffix (comp. Heimat, Monat, Armut); Goth. *ainôdus (comp. mannisk-ôdus, ‘benevolence’) is wanting; comp. AS. ânad (from ânôd), OSax. ênôdi, ‘desert’; the suffix -ôdus corresponds to Lat. -âtus (senatus, magistratus). —