Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hari

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 *harjaz.

Noun

*hari m^[1]

army

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hari
Genitive	*harjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hari	harjō, harjōs
Accusative	*hari	*harjā
Genitive	*harjas	*harjō
Dative	*harjē	*harjum
Instrumental	*harju	*harjum

Derived terms

*harjōn

Descendants

Old English: here
- Middle English: here
  - Scots: here, heir, heyr
Old Frisian: here, hire
- Saterland Frisian: Heer
- West Frisian: hear
Old Saxon: heri
- Middle Low German: hēre, hēr
Old Dutch: heri (in placenames)
- Middle Dutch: here
  - Dutch: heer, heir
    - Afrikaans: heer
Old High German: heri
- Middle High German: here, her
  - German: Heer

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 114: “*hari”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 114: “*hari”

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