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 (“eagle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.rɔːː/

Noun

*arô m

1. eagle

Inflection

Declension of *arô (consonant stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*arô	*arniz
vocative	*arô	*arniz
accusative	*arnų	*arnunz
genitive	*arniz	*arnǫ̂
dative	*arni	*arnumaz
instrumental	*arnē	*arnumiz

Derived terms

• *arnuz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *arō
  • Old Saxon: aro
    • Low German: Aar
  • Old Dutch: *aro
    • Middle Dutch: āer
      • Dutch: aar
  • Old High German: aro
    • Middle High German: are, ar
      • German: Aar (poetic)
• Old Norse: ari
  • Icelandic: ari
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: are
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌰 (ara)