Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/airist(ō)

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *airist ( +‎ *-ō).

Adverb edit

*airist(ō)

superlative degree of *airi (“early”): earliest, first

Descendants edit

Old English: ǣrest, ǣrost, arest, ǣrust, ǣresta; arest, æræst
- Middle English: erest, erst, arst
  - English: erst
  - Scots: erst
Old Frisian: ērist
Old Dutch: ērist
- Middle Dutch: erst, eerst
  - Dutch: eerst
    - Afrikaans: eers
    - Javindo: eerst
    - Jersey Dutch: êrst, ast
    - Negerhollands: eerste, eerst
  - West Flemish: erst
Old High German: ērist
- German: erst
- Yiddish: ערשט (ersht)