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

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)