Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiʀ

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 *aiz.

Noun

*aiʀ n[1]

  1. bronze

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *aiʀ
Genitive *aiʀas
Singular Plural
Nominative *aiʀ *aiʀu
Accusative *aiʀ *aiʀu
Genitive *aiʀas *aiʀō
Dative *aiʀē *aiʀum
Instrumental *aiʀu *aiʀum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: ār
    • Middle English: ore, oure, or, oor, nore, noure (merged with ōra)
      • English: ore
      • Scots: ure, uir
  • Old Frisian: *ār, ēr
  • Old Saxon: ēr
    • Middle Low German: ēr
  • Old Dutch: *ēr
  • Old High German: ēr
    • Middle High German: er
      • Alemannic German: Eer
        • ⇒ Alemannic German: eerig
    • ⇒ Old High German: ērīn

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 86: “PWGmc *aiz”
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