Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/airi

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyeri (“early”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯.ri/

Adverb

*airi (comparative *airiz, superlative *airist)

1. early

Derived terms

• *airidagaz
• *airiwakraz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *airi
  • Old English: ǣr
    • Middle English: er
      • English: ere
      • Scots: air
      • Yola: ear
  • Old Frisian: ēr
    • Saterland Frisian: eer, ädder
    • West Frisian: ier
      • ⇒ West Frisian: eardat, ear't
  • Old Saxon: ēr
    • Middle Low German: êr
      • German Low German: ehr
        • ⇒ German Low German: ehrdat
        • ⇒ German Low German: ehrder
        • ⇒ German Low German: ehrtieds
  • Old Dutch: ēr
    • Middle Dutch: êer
      • Dutch: eer
        • Afrikaans: eer
      • Limburgish: ieër
  • Old High German: ēr
    • Middle High German: ēr, ē (loss of -r as in hie, dā)
      • German: eher, ehe, eh
• Old Norse: ár, áðr
  • Icelandic: ár, áður (áður may be from *airiz)
  • Faroese: áður
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: år
  • Old Swedish: *ar
  • ⇒ Old Norse: árla
    • Icelandic: árla
    • Faroese: árla
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: årle; (dialectal) årla
    • Old Swedish: aarla, arla
      • Swedish: arla
    • Danish: årle
      • Norwegian Bokmål: årle
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍂 (air)