Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ahaʀ

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

Alternative forms

• *ahiʀ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahaz. The final -z, which should have been lost in Proto-West Germanic, was reintroduced on the basis of the inflected forms.

Noun

*ahaʀ n

1. ear (of grain)

Inflection

z-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ahaʀ
Genitive	*ahiʀi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ahaʀ	*ahiʀu
Accusative	*ahaʀ	*ahiʀu
Genitive	*ahiʀi	*ahiʀō
Dative	*ahiʀi	*ahiʀum
Instrumental	*ahiʀi	*ahiʀum

Descendants

• Old English: ēar, æhher — Northumbrian
  • Middle English: eere, ear, ere, er, ȝer, eyre
    • English: ear
    • Scots: aicher, icker, aiker (< æhher)
• Old Frisian: *ēr
  • Saterland Frisian: Iere
  • West Frisian: ier
• Old Saxon: ahar, ahir, ehir
  • Middle Low German: ār
    • Low German: Ohr
    • Plautdietsch: Oa
• Old Dutch: *ār
  • Middle Dutch: aer
    • Dutch: aar
      • Afrikaans: aar
• Old High German: ahir, ahar, ehir
  • Middle High German: eher, äher
    • Alemannic German: Äli
    • Central Franconian: Ohr, Öhr, Ähr, Ähjer, Iehr
      • Luxembourgish: Éi
    • German: Ähre
    • Vilamovian: yjer