Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aʀani

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 *azaniz.

Noun

*aʀani f

1. harvest

   Synonym: *harbist

2. harvest time

Descendants

• Old English: *iern
  • ⇒ Old English: ruġern (“rye-harvest, the name of a month”) (+ ryġe (“rye”))
• Old Frisian: ern, erne, arn, arne
• Old Saxon: *aran
  • Middle Low German: arne, arn, erne, ern
    • Dutch Low Saxon: Oorn, Aarn
    • German Low German: Arne, Arn
  • ⇒ Old Saxon: aranfīmba (“grain heap”) (+ fīma (“pile, heap”))
• Old Dutch: *aran
  • Middle Dutch: arn, arne
• Old High German: arn f, (aran m)
  • Middle High German: erne f, arn m
    • ⇒ Middle High German: ernde f (merged with OHG arnōt)
      • German: Ernte f