Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/airi

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 *airi.

Adverb

*airi (comparative *airi, *airiʀō, superlative *airist(ō))

early
Synonym: *frō

Descendants

Due to the merger of the base form and comparative, the two were conflated in the descendants.

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