Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ausô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *h₂ows-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯.sɔːː/

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)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ausô	*ausōnō
vocative	*ausô	*ausōnō
accusative	*ausô	*ausōnō
genitive	*ausiniz	*ausanǫ̂
dative	*ausini	*ausammaz
instrumental	*ausinē	*ausammiz

Descendants

• Old English: ēare
  • Middle English: ere, eare, eere, yere, here, eyr, ire, ȝhere
    • English: ear
      • Tok Pisin: ia
    • Scots: ear
• 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
  • Middle Dutch: ôre
    • Dutch: oor
      • Afrikaans: oor
    • Limburgish: oear
• Old High German: ōra
  • Middle High German: ore
    • Alemannic German: Oor
    • Bavarian: Oar
    • Central Franconian: Uhr, Ohr
      • Hunsrik: Oher
      • Luxembourgish: Ouer
    • German: Ohr
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Pennsylvania German: Ohr

    • Vilamovian: ür
    • Yiddish: אויער‎ (oyer)
• Old Norse: eyra
  • Icelandic: eyra
  • Faroese: oyra
  • Norwegian:

    Bokmål: øre

    Nynorsk: øyra, øyre

  • Old Swedish: ø̄ra
    • Swedish: öra, öör
  • Old Danish: ø̄ræ
    • Danish: øre
  • Old Gutnish: oyra
    • Gutnish: åire
  • Scanian: ǿra
  • Elfdalian: ära
  • Westrobothnian: öir, aar, ooir, åir
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (ausō)