Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ahaʀ
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *ahaz. The final -z, which should have been lost in Proto-West Germanic, was reintroduced on the basis of the inflected forms.
Noun edit
*ahaʀ n[1]
- ear (of grain)
Inflection edit
z-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *ahaʀ | |
Genitive | *ahiʀi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *ahaʀ | *ahiʀu |
Accusative | *ahaʀ | *ahiʀu |
Genitive | *ahiʀi | *ahiʀō |
Dative | *ahiʀi | *ahiʀum |
Instrumental | *ahiʀi | *ahiʀum |
Descendants edit
- Old English: ēar, æhher
- Old Frisian: *ēr
- Old Saxon: ahar, ahir, ehir
- Old Dutch: *ār
- Old High German: ahir, ahar, ehir
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54: “PWGmc *ahaz- ~ *ahiz-”