Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/habrô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑβ.rɔːː/

Noun

*habrô m

1. goat, buck
2. feed for goats; oat, oats

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *habrô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*habrô	*habraniz
vocative	*habrô	*habraniz
accusative	*habranų	*habranunz
genitive	*habriniz	*habranǫ̂
dative	*habrini	*habrammaz
instrumental	*habrinē	*habrammiz

Related terms

• *habraz/*hafraz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *habrō
  • Old English: *hæfera
  • Old Frisian: *havera; *haver, *hever
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum: heewer

      Helgoland: Heewer

      Mooring: hääwer

      Wiedingharde: hääwer

    • East Frisian:

      Harlingerland Frisian: heffer

      Saterland Frisian: Hoawer, Heeuwer

      Wangerooge Frisian: hüvvër, hǘvër

    • West Frisian: hjouwer

      Schiermonnikoog: jeeuwer, jeeuwre

  • Old Saxon: habaro, havaro
    • Middle Low German: hāvere, hāver
      • German Low German: Haver, Hafer, Hawer
        • → German: Hafer
      • Plautdietsch: Howa
  • Old Dutch: *havaro
    • Middle Dutch: havere
      • Dutch: haver
        • Jersey Dutch: hâver
        • →⇒ English: haversack
        • → Papiamentu: haver
        • → West Frisian: haver (dialectal)
  • Old High German: habaro
    • Middle High German: habere, haber
      • Cimbrian: habarn pl
      • German: Haber
      • Luxembourgish: Huewer
      • Yiddish: האָבער (hober)
• Old Norse: hafri
  • Icelandic: hafri
  • Norn: havr
  • Norwegian Bokmål: havre
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: havre
  • Old Swedish: hafre
    • Swedish: havre
  • Danish: havre
    • Faroese: havri
    • → North Frisian: Haawer (Sylt)
  • → Middle English: haver
    • Scots: haver
      • → English: haver
  • → Norman: av'thon (Jersey)