Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ausô

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 *h₂ṓws (“ear”).

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.

Declension 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

• Proto-West Germanic: *auʀā
  • Old English: ēare
    • Middle English: ere, eare, eere, eyr, ȝhere, here, ire, yere
      • English: ear, eare (archaic), ears
        • Tok Pisin: ia
        • Krio: yes
        • Sranan Tongo: yesi, jessi, jesi (superseded)
          • Aukan: yesi
          • Saramaccan: jési
      • Scots: er, ere, eir
  • Old Frisian: āre
    • North Frisian: uar (Föhr-Amrum), uur (Halligen, Mooring), uaar (Heligoland), Uar (Sylt)
    • Saterland Frisian: Oor
    • West Frisian: ear
  • Old Saxon: ōra
    • Middle Low German: ôre
      • Low German: Ohr
        • Dutch Low Saxon: oor
        • German Low German: Ohr, Åhr, Ahr, Or, Ur

          Plautdietsch: Oa, Ua

  • Old Dutch: ōra
    • Middle Dutch: ôre
      • Dutch: oor
        • Afrikaans: oor
        • Jersey Dutch: ôr
        • Negerhollands: oor, hoor, ho
      • 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 Nynorsk: øyra, øyre, øra, øre
  • Jamtish: ǿre
  • Elfdalian: ära
  • Old Swedish: ø̄ra
    • Swedish: öra, ör (dialectal)
  • Old Danish: ø̄ræ
    • Danish: øre
      • Norwegian Bokmål: øre
    • Scanian: ǿra
  • Old Gutnish: oyra
    • Gutnish: åire
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (ausō)