Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hāring
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Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown;[1] possibly from *hār (“hair”) + *-ing, named for its hair-like bones, compare Ancient Greek τριχίας (trikhías), τριχίς (trikhís, “type of anchovy”), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”).[2][3]
Noun
[edit]*hāring m
Inflection
[edit]Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *hāring | |
Genitive | *hāringas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *hāring | *hāringō, *hāringōs |
Accusative | *hāring | *hāringā |
Genitive | *hāringas | *hāringō |
Dative | *hāringē | *hāringum |
Instrumental | *hāringu | *hāringum |
Alternative reconstructions
[edit]- *haring
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Hering”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 306
- ^ Vercoullie, Jozef (1925) “haring”, in Beknopt etymologisch woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), 's-Gravenhage: Nijhoff, page 104
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hēra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 220