Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/arô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.rɔːː/

Noun

*arô m

1. eagle

Inflection

Originally an n-stem with the zero grade forms of the suffix, as in *berô and Latin carō.

consonant stemDeclension of *arô (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*arô	*arniz
vocative	*arô	*arniz
accusative	*arnų	*arnunz
genitive	*arniz	*arnǫ̂
dative	*arni	*arnumaz
instrumental	*arnē	*arnumiz

Descendants

In most languages, the non-nominative stem was generalised, generally as a u-stem.

• Old English: earn
  • Middle English: earn, ærn, erne, ern
    • Scots: erne, ern, airne
    • English: erne
• Old Frisian: *ern
  • North Frisian: earn, iarn
  • West Frisian: earn
• Old Saxon: *arn
  • Middle Low German: arn, arne
    • German Low German: Aar, Aadler, Oodler
• Old Dutch: *arn
  • Middle Dutch: āer, āren
    • Dutch: aar, arend
• Old High German: aro, arn
  • Middle High German: are, adelar, adelare (< adel-are)
    • German: Aar, Adler, Adelaar
    • → Saterland Frisian: Oadeler
    • → Plautdietsch: Odla (Oodler)
    • → Dutch: adelaar
• Old Norse: ari, ǫrn
  • Icelandic: örn
  • Faroese: ørn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ørn
  • Elfdalian: örn
  • Old Swedish: ørn
    • Swedish: örn
  • Old Danish: ørn
    • Danish: ørn
      • Norwegian Bokmål: ørn
    • Scanian: ǫrn
  • Gutnish: ann, örn

• Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌰 (ara)