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]

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

*aiʀīn

Descendants

Old English: ār
- Middle English: ore (merged with ōra)
  - English: ore
  - Scots: ure, uir
Old Frisian: *ār, ēr
- Saterland Frisian: Oare, Orre
Old Saxon: ēr
- Middle Low German: ēr
Old Dutch: *ēr
- Middle Dutch: êer
Old High German: ēr
- Middle High German: er
  - Alemannic German: Eer
    - ⇒ Alemannic German: eerig
- ⇒ Old High German: ērīn
  - Middle High German: ērīn
    - German: ehern

References

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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[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”