Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/īsarn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *īsarną.

Noun

*īsarn n

1. iron

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*īsarn(a)
Genitive	*īsarnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*īsarn(a)	*īsarnu
Accusative	*īsarn(a)	*īsarnu
Genitive	*īsarnas	*īsarnō
Dative	*īsarnē	*īsarnum
Instrumental	*īsarnu	*īsarnum

Descendants

• Old English: īsern, īren, īsen
  • Middle English: iren, irin, iron, irn, irne, yren, yrn, yrne, eren, heren, heyron, hyrone, ieren, yeren, yrin (Late Middle English), iryn, iryne (Northern), yirn, yrun, yryn (especially East Anglia), hire, ire, yre (Southern, South Midland), yse, ysen (Middlesex), yzen (Kent)
    • English: iron

      Ottawa Valley: iern, eirn

      • → Marshallese: aen
    • Middle Scots: irne, yrne
      • Scots: airn, ern, irne
    • Yola: eeren
• Old Frisian: īsern
  • North Frisian: jaarn
  • Saterland Frisian: Iersen
  • West Frisian: izer
• Old Saxon: īsarn
  • Middle Low German: îsen, îsern, îseren
    • German Low German: Iesen
      • ⇒ German Low German: Iesder
    • Low German: Isen
    • Plautdietsch: Iesa
• Old Dutch: *īsarn
  • Middle Dutch: iser
    • Dutch: ijzer
      • Afrikaans: yster
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: isiri
      • Jersey Dutch: äize
      • Negerhollands: iser, izu
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: isir
      • → Aukan: insii
      • → Sranan Tongo: isri
        • → Caribbean Hindustani: isri
        • → Caribbean Javanese: isri
    • Limburgish: iezer
    • West Flemish: yzer
• Old High German: īsarn
  • Middle High German: īsern, īser, īsen
    • Alemannic German: Iise

      Vorarlbergerisch: Iisa, Oasa

    • Bavarian: Eisn

      Cimbrian: aizarn

      Mòcheno: aisn

    • Central Franconian: Ieser, Iese, Eise
      • Hunsrik: Eise
      • Luxembourgish: Eisen
    • German: Eisen, Eiser
    • Vilamovian: ȧjza
    • Yiddish: אײַזן (ayzn)