Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrau
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Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.
Adjective
[edit]*hrau[1]
Inflection
[edit]wa-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | ||
Nominative | *hrau | ||
Genitive | *hrawas | ||
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *hrau | *hrau | *hrau |
Accusative | *hrawanā | *hrawā | *hrau |
Genitive | *hrawas | *hraweʀā | *hrawas |
Dative | *hraumē | *hraweʀē | *hraumē |
Instrumental | *hrau | *hraweʀu | *hrau |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *hrawē | *hrawō | *hrau |
Accusative | *hrawā | *hrawā | *hrau |
Genitive | *hraweʀō | *hraweʀō | *hraweʀō |
Dative | *hrawēm, *hraum | *hrawēm, *hraum | *hrawēm, *hraum |
Instrumental | *hrawēm, *hraum | *hrawēm, *hraum | *hrawēm, *hraum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: hrēaw, hrǣw
- Old Frisian: *hrā, *hrē
- Old Saxon: hrāo
- Middle Low German: rō
- Old Dutch: *rao, *rō
- Old High German: rō, hrō, rao, rāo
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 173: “PWGmc *hrau, *hraw-”