Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hraigrō

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 *hraigrô.

Noun

*hraigrō m

1. heron

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hraigrō
Genitive	*hraigrini, *hraigran
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hraigrō	*hraigran
Accusative	*hraigran	*hraigran
Genitive	*hraigrini, *hraigran	*hraigranō
Dative	*hraigrini, *hraigran	*hraigrum
Instrumental	*hraigrini, *hraigran	*hraigrum

Alternative forms

• *haigrō

Descendants

• Old English: hrāgra
  • ⇒? Old English: *sċitehrāgra, *sċitehrāga
    • Middle English: schiterow
      • Yola: shederow
• Old Frisian: *hrāgra, *hrēgra
  • Saterland Frisian: Reger
  • West Frisian: reager
• Old Saxon: *hrēgar; hēgiro
  • Middle Low German: rêger, reiger
    • German Low German: Reiger
• Old Dutch: heigero, *reigaro, *rēgaro
  • Middle Dutch: heiger, reiger, rêger
    • Dutch: reiger
      • Afrikaans: reier
    • Limburgish: reiger
• Old High German: heigaro, reigaro, reigar
  • Middle High German: heiger, reiger
    • German: Reiher
      • → Saterland Frisian: Raier
  • Luxembourgish: Räer
  • → Italian: airone (partially from Old French)
• → Medieval Latin: hairō (see there for further descendants)