Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/amaʀā
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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 Germanic edit
Alternative forms edit
- *amaʀō m
Etymology edit
Kroonen links *amslā (“blackbird”), which is either from Proto-Indo-European *h₂em(-)s- (“blackbird”) or from a Central European substrate language; if the former, the stem *amaʀ- could reflect the unsuffixed original *h₂ém-ōs ~ *h₂m-és-.
Noun edit
*amaʀā f
Inflection edit
| ōn-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *amaʀā | |
| Genitive | *amaʀōn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *amaʀā | *amaʀōn |
| Accusative | *amaʀōn | *amaʀōn |
| Genitive | *amaʀōn | *amaʀōnō |
| Dative | *amaʀōn | *amaʀōm, *amaʀum |
| Instrumental | *amaʀōn | *amaʀōm, *amaʀum |
Descendants edit
- Old English: amore
- Middle English: *amere, *amre, *ambre
- English: ammer
- ⇒ Middle English: *yelwamre, *yelambre, *yelwambre
- ⇒ English: yelambre, yelamber, yellowhammer
- Middle English: *amere, *amre, *ambre
- Old Saxon: amaro
- Old High German: amara, amaro, amero