Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiʀ
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *aiz.
Noun edit
*aiʀ n[1]
Inflection edit
Neuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *aiʀ | |
Genitive | *aiʀas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *aiʀ | *aiʀu |
Accusative | *aiʀ | *aiʀu |
Genitive | *aiʀas | *aiʀō |
Dative | *aiʀē | *aiʀum |
Instrumental | *aiʀu | *aiʀum |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: ār
- Old Frisian: *ār, ēr
- Old Saxon: ēr
- Middle Low German: ēr
- Old Dutch: *ēr
- Middle Dutch: êer
- Old High German: ēr
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 86: “PWGmc *aiz”