Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.
Pronunciation
Noun
*ausô n[1]
- ear
Inflection
Verner alternation was preserved in this noun, but the distribution of the alternants is currently unknown.
neuter an-stemDeclension of *ausô (neuter an-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*ausô
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*ausōnō
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vocative
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*ausô
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*ausōnō
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accusative
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*ausô
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*ausōnō
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genitive
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*ausiniz
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*ausanǫ̂
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dative
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*ausini
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*ausammaz
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instrumental
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*ausinē
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*ausammiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *auʀā
- Old English: ēare
- Old Frisian: āre
- North Frisian:
- Föhr: uar
- Hallig, Mooring: uur
- Helgoland: Uaar
- Saterland Frisian: Oor
- West Frisian: ear
- Old Saxon: ōra
- Middle Low German: ôre
- Low German: Ohr
- Dutch Low Saxon: oor
- German Low German: Or, Ur
- Plautdietsch: Oa, Ua
- Old Dutch: ōra
- Old High German: ōra
- Middle High German: ore
- Alemannic German: Oor
- Bavarian: Oar
- Central Franconian: Uhr, Ohr
- German: Ohr
- Rhine Franconian:
- Pennsylvania German: Ohr
- Vilamovian: ür
- Yiddish: אויער (oyer)
- Old Norse: eyra
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (ausō)
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*auzōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 44