Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hāring

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

Unknown; possibly from *hār (“hair”) +‎ *-ing, named for its hair-like bones, compare Ancient Greek τριχίας (trikhías), τριχίς (trikhís, “type of anchovy”), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”).

Noun

*hāring m

1. herring

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hāring
Genitive	*hāringas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hāring	*hāringō, *hāringōs
Accusative	*hāring	*hāringā
Genitive	*hāringas	*hāringō
Dative	*hāringē	*hāringum
Instrumental	*hāringu	*hāringum

Alternative reconstructions

• *haring

Descendants

• Old English: hǣring
  • Middle English: hering, hereng, heiring, herring, hæring, haring
    • English: herring
    • Scots: hering, herring, herrin, haring
    • Yola: hereen, heereen
• Old Frisian: hēreng
  • Saterland Frisian: Hiering, Häiring
  • West Frisian: hjerring
• Old Saxon: *hāring
  • Middle Low German: hârink, hering
    • German Low German:

      Westphalian:

      East Westphalian (Lippisch): Hering

      South Westphalian (Dortmundisch), Westmünsterländisch: Hääring

      Westmünsterländisch: Heering

• Old Dutch: *hāring
  • Middle Dutch: hârinc, hêrinc
    • Dutch: haring
      • Afrikaans: haring
      • Negerhollands: heriṅ
      • → Caribbean Hindustani: eleng
      • → Papiamentu: hering
    • Limburgish: hieëring
• Old High German: hārinc, herinc
  • Middle High German: hærinc, hērinc
    • Central Franconian: Herrek (Ripuarian)
    • German: Hering (see there for further descendants)
    • Hunsrik: Hering
    • Luxembourgish: Hierk
    • Yiddish: הערינג (hering)
  • Bavarian: Haring
• → Late Latin: haringus (see there for further descendants)