Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ahaʀ
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Proto-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *ahaz. The final -z, which should have been lost in Proto-West Germanic, was reintroduced on the basis of the inflected forms.
Noun[edit]
*ahaʀ n[1]
- ear (of grain)
Inflection[edit]
z-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *ahaʀ | |
Genitive | *ahiʀi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *ahaʀ | *ahiʀu |
Accusative | *ahaʀ | *ahiʀu |
Genitive | *ahiʀi | *ahiʀō |
Dative | *ahiʀi | *ahiʀum |
Instrumental | *ahiʀi | *ahiʀum |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: ēar, æhher
- Old Frisian: *ēr
- Old Saxon: ahar, ahir, ehir
- Old Dutch: *ār
- Old High German: ahir, ahar, ehir
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54: “PWGmc *ahaz- ~ *ahiz-”
Categories:
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eḱ-
- Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic lemmas
- Proto-West Germanic nouns
- Proto-West Germanic neuter nouns
- gmw-pro:Grains
- Proto-West Germanic z-stem nouns
- Proto-West Germanic irregular nouns