Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/harbist

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *harbistaz.

Noun edit

*harbist m^[1]

harvest
Synonym: *aʀani

Inflection edit

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*harbist
Genitive	*harbistas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*harbist	harbistō, harbistōs
Accusative	*harbist	*harbistā
Genitive	*harbistas	*harbistō
Dative	*harbistē	*harbistum
Instrumental	*harbistu	*harbistum

Descendants edit

Old English: hærfest
- Middle English: hervest, harvest, ervest, herfest
  - English: harvest
  - Scots: hairst, harvest
  - Yola: hearesth, harrest
Old Frisian: herfst
- Saterland Frisian: Häärst
- West Frisian: hjerst
- North Frisian: Hārefst (Sylt), harewst (Föhr-Amrum)
Old Saxon: herƀist
- Middle Low German: hervest
  - Low German: Harvst
  - Plautdietsch: Hoafst
Old Dutch: hervist (attested in compound: heruistmanot)
- Middle Dutch: hervest, herfst
  - Dutch: herfst
    - Afrikaans: herfs
  - Limburgish: herfs, harves
Old High German: herbist
- Middle High German: herbest, herbst
  - Alemannic German: Herpscht
    Walser: harpscht, herbscht, hérbscht
  - Bavarian: herbast, herbischt, hörbist
    Cimbrian: herbest, hèrbest, herbust
    
    Mòcheno: herbest
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Herrebst
    
    Luxembourgish: Hierscht
  - German: Herbst
  - Vilamovian: hiewyst
  - Yiddish: האַרבסט‎ (harbst)

References edit

^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*harbist”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*harbist”

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