Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/airō

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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

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Etymology

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Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyH- (“pole”).[1]

Noun

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*airō f[1]

  1. oar

Inflection

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ō-stemDeclension of *airō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *airō *airôz
vocative *airō *airôz
accusative *airǭ *airōz
genitive *airōz *airǫ̂
dative *airōi *airōmaz
instrumental *airō *airōmiz

Descendants

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  • Proto-West Germanic: *airu
    • Old English: ār
      • Middle English: ore, hore, oore, are, aurre (Northern)
        • English: oar
        • Scots: air
  • Old Norse: ár
    • Icelandic: ár
    • Faroese: ár
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: år
    • Norwegian Bokmål: år
    • Elfdalian: år
    • Old Swedish: ār
    • Old Danish: aar
  • → Proto-Finnic: *airo (see there for further descendants)
  • → Proto-Samic: *ājrō (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*airō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 13
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