Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gahauʀisam

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 either *gahauʀijan (“to listen; to obey”) +‎ *-sam, or *ga- +‎ *hauʀisam (“obedient”).

Adjective

*gahauʀisam

1. obedient

   Synonyms: *gahauʀīg, *hauʀisam, *hauʀīg

Derived terms

• *ungahauʀisam
• *ungahauʀisamahaidu

Descendants

• Old English: ġehīersum, ġehīrsum, ġehȳrsum
  • Middle English: ȝehyrsum, hihersam, ihersum, hersum (coalesced with descendant of hȳrsum)
    • English: hearsome
• Old Frisian: *gehērsum
  • West Frisian: gehearsum
• Old Saxon: *gihōrsam
  • Middle Low German: gehôrsam
    • German Low German: gehorsaam, gehorsom
• Old Dutch: *gihōrsam
  • Middle Dutch: gehorsam
    • Dutch: gehoorzaam
      • Afrikaans: gehoorsaam
      • Negerhollands: gehoorsaam
      • → West Frisian: gehoarsum
• Old High German: gihōrsam
  • Middle High German: gehōrsam
    • Alemannic German: ghorsam
    • German: gehorsam
    • Yiddish: געהאָרכזאַם (gehorkhzam)