Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/arō

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 *arô.

Noun

*arō m

1. eagle

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*arō
Genitive	*arini, *aran
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*arō	*aran
Accusative	*aran	*aran
Genitive	*arini, *aran	*aranō
Dative	*arini, *aran	*arum
Instrumental	*arini, *aran	*arum

Alternative reconstructions

• *arn

Descendants

• Old English: earn
  • Middle English: ern, arn, aryn, eerne, eren, erne, eron; ærn, earn (Early Middle English)
    • English: erne
    • Scots: earn, ern, erne
• Old Frisian: *ern
  • North Frisian: earn, iarn
  • West Frisian: earn
• Old Saxon: aro, *arn, *aran
  • Middle Low German: ārn, arne, arnt, arndt, aren, ārent
    • >? Low German: Aar
• Old Dutch: *aro, *aran
  • Middle Dutch: āer, āren
    • Dutch: aar, arend
• Old High German: aro, arn, arin
  • Middle High German: are, ar
    • German: Aar (poetic)