Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/auʀahring

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

Alternative forms

• *auʀhring (late)

Etymology

From *auʀā +‎ *hring.

Noun

*auʀahring m

1. earring

   Synonyms: *auʀabogō, *auʀapreun

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*auʀahhring
Genitive	*auʀahhringas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*auʀahhring	*auʀahhringō, *auʀahhringōs
Accusative	*auʀahhring	*auʀahhringā
Genitive	*auʀahhringas	*auʀahhringō
Dative	*auʀahhringē	*auʀahhringum
Instrumental	*auʀahhringu	*auʀahhringum

Descendants

• Old English: ēarhring
  • Middle English: ere ring
    • English: earring
    • Scots: earring
• Old Frisian: *ārhring
  • Saterland Frisian: Oorring
  • West Frisian: earring
• Old Saxon: ōrhring
  • Middle Low German: ôrrinc, ôrerinc
    • German Low German: Ohrring
    • → Danish: ørering (calque)
    • → Swedish: örring (calque)
    • → Norwegian: ørering (calque)
• Old Dutch: *ōrring
  • Middle Dutch: ôrrinc
    • Dutch: oorring
    • → French: orin
      • → Italian: aurica
      • → Portuguese: ourinque
      • → Spanish: orinque
    • → Catalan: orri
    • → Breton: oring
• Old High German: ōrring
  • Middle High German: ōrrinc
    • German: Ohrring