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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ōfer

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 *ōferaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éh₁-per-o-s, from *h₂éh₁ (“to, at”) +‎ *per- (“beyond, across”) +‎ *-os, (whence Ancient Greek πέρας (péras, “end, boundary”)) + *-os. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἤπειρος (ḗpeiros, “mainland”), and possibly Old Armenian ափն (apʻn, “edge; shore”).[1][2][3]

Noun

*ōfer m

  1. border, edge (of a body of water)
  2. shoreline

Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *ōfer
Genitive *ōferas
Singular Plural
Nominative *ōfer *ōferō, *ōferōs
Accusative *ōfer *ōferā
Genitive *ōferas *ōferō
Dative *ōferē *ōferum
Instrumental *ōferu *ōferum

Descendants
  • Old English: ōfer, ōfor, ōbr
  • Old Frisian: ōvera, ōvere
    • North Frisian: over
    • Saterland Frisian: Ouger n
    • West Frisian: ouwer
  • Old Saxon: *ovar
  • Old Dutch: *uovar, *ōvar
  • Old High German: *uofar
    • Middle High German: uover, uober

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ōf(e)ra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 394
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “āpero-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 53
  3. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἤπειρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 523
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