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

• West Germanic: *auʀā
  • 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 Nynorsk: øyra, øyre
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øre
  • 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)