Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/airiʀō

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *airizô. Equivalent to *airi (“early”) +‎ *-iʀō.

Adjective

*airiʀō

1. comparative degree of *airi (“early”): earlier

Inflection

n-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*airiʀō
Genitive	*airiʀini, *airiʀan
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*airiʀō	*airiʀā	*airiʀā
Accusative	*airiʀan	*airiʀōn	*airiʀā
Genitive	*airiʀini, *airiʀan	*airiʀōn	*airiʀini, *airiʀan
Dative	*airiʀini, *airiʀan	*airiʀōn	*airiʀini, *airiʀan
Instrumental	*airiʀini, *airiʀan	*airiʀōn	*airiʀini, *airiʀan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*airiʀan	*airiʀōn	*airiʀōn
Accusative	*airiʀan	*airiʀōn	*airiʀōn
Genitive	*airiʀanō	*airiʀōnō	*airiʀanō
Dative	*airiʀum	*airiʀōm, *airiʀum	*airiʀum
Instrumental	*airiʀum	*airiʀōm, *airiʀum	*airiʀum

Descendants

• Old English: ǣrra
  • Middle English: ærre, eror, erore
• Old Frisian:
  • West Frisian: earder
• Old Saxon:
  • Middle Low German: êrer
    • Low German: ehrder
• Old Dutch: *ēriro
  • Middle Dutch: eerre
    • Dutch: eerder
• Old High German: ēriro, ēroro
  • Middle High German: ērer
    • (German: eher) (merged with adverbial form)