Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/harpā

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 *harpǭ.

Noun

*harpā f

1. harp

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*harpā
Genitive	*harpōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*harpā	*harpōn
Accusative	*harpōn	*harpōn
Genitive	*harpōn	*harpōnō
Dative	*harpōn	*harpōm, *harpum
Instrumental	*harpōn	*harpōm, *harpum

Derived terms

• *harpōn

Descendants

• Old English: hearpe
  • Middle English: harpe
    • English: harp
    • Scots: harpe, herp, hairp
• Old Frisian: *herpe
  • West Frisian: harpe, harp
• Old Saxon: harpa
  • Middle Low German: harpe
    • Low German: Harp
    • Plautdietsch: Hoap
• Old Dutch: *harpa
  • Middle Dutch: harpe, herpe
    • Dutch: harp
      • Afrikaans: harp
• Old High German: harfa, *harpha
  • Middle High German: harfe, harpfe
    • Bavarian: Harpfn
    • German: Harfe, Harpfe
      • → Saterland Frisian: Harfe
    • Luxembourgish: Harf
    • → Kashubian: harfa, arfa
    • → Old Polish: arfa (see there for further descendants)
    • Rhine Franconian: Haf, Harf

      Pennsylvania German: Harf

  • → Czech: harfa
  • → Russian: а́рфа (árfa) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: hȃrfa, ха̑рфа
  • → Slovak: harfa
  • → Slovene: harfa
  • → Ukrainian: а́рфа (árfa)
• → Late Latin: harpa (see there for further descendants)