Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/airist(ō)

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 *airist ( +‎ *-ō).

Adverb

*airist(ō)

1. superlative degree of *airi (“early”): earliest, first

Descendants

• Old English: ǣrest, ǣrost, arest, ǣrust, ǣresta; arest, æræst
  • Middle English: erest, erst, arst
    • English: erst
    • Scots: erst
• Old Frisian: ērist
• Old Dutch: ērist
  • Middle Dutch: erst, eerst
    • Dutch: eerst
      • Afrikaans: eers
      • Javindo: eerst
      • Jersey Dutch: êrst, ast
      • Negerhollands: eerste, eerst
    • West Flemish: erst
• Old High German: ērist
  • German: erst
  • Yiddish: ערשט (ersht)