Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ādrā

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 *ēþrǭ.

Noun

*ādrā f

1. vein
2. rivulet

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ādrā
Genitive	*ādrōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ādrā	*ādrōn
Accusative	*ādrōn	*ādrōn
Genitive	*ādrōn	*ādrōnō
Dative	*ādrōn	*ādrōm, *ādrum
Instrumental	*ādrōn	*ādrōm, *ādrum

Descendants

• Old English: ǣdre
  • Middle English: edre
• Old Frisian: eddere, ēdere
  • Saterland Frisian: Äddere
• Old Dutch: *āthera
  • Middle Dutch: adere
    • Dutch: ader, aar (dialectal), aâr (obsolete)
      • Afrikaans: aar
      • Negerhollands: ader, aar
      • → Papiamentu: ader, ardu
    • Limburgish: aoder, aor
• Old High German: ādra, ādara
  • Middle High German: āder
    • Central Franconian: Oder
    • German: Ader
    • Luxembourgish: Oder
    • Yiddish: אָדער (oder)