Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hafr

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 *hafraz.

Noun

*hafr m[1]

  1. male goat

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *hafr
Genitive *hafras
Singular Plural
Nominative *hafr *hafrō, *hafrōs
Accusative *hafr *hafrā
Genitive *hafras *hafrō
Dative *hafrē *hafrum
Instrumental *hafru *hafrum

Descendants

  • Old English: hæfer
  • Old Saxon: *havar
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: hāverbuk, hāverbok
  • Old High German: *habar
    • Middle High German: *haber
      • ⇒ German: Habergeiß (“folkloric caprine demon”) (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 147: “PWGmc *hafr”
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