Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hāring

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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

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Etymology

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Unknown;[1] possibly from *hār (hair) +‎ *-ing, named for its hair-like bones, compare Ancient Greek τριχίας (trikhías), τριχίς (trikhís, type of anchovy), from θρίξ (thríx, hair).[2][3]

Noun

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*hāring m

  1. herring

Inflection

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Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *hāring
Genitive *hāringas
Singular Plural
Nominative *hāring *hāringō, *hāringōs
Accusative *hāring *hāringā
Genitive *hāringas *hāringō
Dative *hāringē *hāringum
Instrumental *hāringu *hāringum

Alternative reconstructions

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  • *haring

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Hering”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 306
  2. ^ Vercoullie, Jozef (1925) “haring”, in Beknopt etymologisch woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), 's-Gravenhage: Nijhoff, page 104
  3. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hēra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 220