Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/airist
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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 GermanicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From *airi (“early”) + *-ist.
AdjectiveEdit
*airist[1]
InflectionEdit
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *airist | ||
| Genitive | *airistas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *airist | *airistu | *airist |
| Accusative | *airistanā | *airistā | *airist |
| Genitive | *airistas | *airisteʀā | *airistas |
| Dative | *airistumē | *airisteʀē | *airistumē |
| Instrumental | *airistu | *airisteʀu | *airistu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *airistē | *airistō | *airistu |
| Accusative | *airistā | *airistā | *airistu |
| Genitive | *airisteʀō | *airisteʀō | *airisteʀō |
| Dative | *airistēm, *airistum | *airistēm, *airistum | *airistēm, *airistum |
| Instrumental | *airistēm, *airistum | *airistēm, *airistum | *airistēm, *airistum |
Usage notesEdit
This word is not directly the superlative of any other term. Instead, various adjectival formations are used to express the positive degree.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Old English: ǣresta
- Old Frisian: ērest, ārist; ērst; ārst; ērost
- Old Saxon: ērist
- Old Dutch: *ērist
- Old High German: ērist
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989), “erst”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 186: “wg. *airista-”