Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ars

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 *arsaz.

Noun

*ars m

1. arse, anus, buttocks

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ars
Genitive	*arsas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ars	*arsō, *arsōs
Accusative	*ars	*arsā
Genitive	*arsas	*arsō
Dative	*arsē	*arsum
Instrumental	*arsu	*arsum

Descendants

• Old English: ears, ærs
  • Middle English: ars, arce, ers, eres, hars, hers, aars
    • English: arse, ass
    • Scots: ers, airse
• Old Frisian: ers
  • Saterland Frisian: Iers
  • West Frisian: ears
• Old Saxon: ars
  • Middle Low German: ars
    • Dutch Low Saxon: ars, ors
    • German Low German: Aars
    • ⇒ by rebracketing:
      • Dutch Low Saxon: nors, mors
      • German Low German: Maars, Moors, Narsch, Närsch, Närs

        Plautdietsch: Noasch

• Old Dutch: *ars
  • Middle Dutch: āers
    • Dutch: aars
      • Afrikaans: aars
• Old High German: ars
  • Middle High German: ars
    • Bavarian: Oasch
    • Cimbrian: aars
    • German: Arsch
    • Hunsrik: Aarsch
    • Luxembourgish: Aasch
    • Pennsylvania German: Aarsch