Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/airist

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 *airi (“early”) +‎ *-ist.

Adjective

*airist

1. superlative degree of *airi (“early”): earliest; first, foremost

   Synonym: *frumō

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*airist
Genitive	*airistas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*airist	*airistu	*airist
Accusative	*airistanā	*airistā	*airist
Genitive	*airistas	*airisteʀā	*airistas
Dative	*airistumē	*airisteʀē	*airistumē
Instrumental	*airistu	*airisteʀu	*airistu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*airistē	*airistō	*airistu
Accusative	*airistā	*airistā	*airistu
Genitive	*airisteʀō	*airisteʀō	*airisteʀō
Dative	*airistēm, *airistum	*airistēm, *airistum	*airistēm, *airistum
Instrumental	*airistēm, *airistum	*airistēm, *airistum	*airistēm, *airistum

Usage notes

This word is not directly the superlative of any other term. Instead, various adjectival formations are used to express the positive degree.

Derived terms

• *airist(ō)

Descendants

• Old English: ǣresta
  • Middle English: erste
    • English: erst
    • Scots: erest
• Old Frisian: ērest, ārist, ērst, ārst, ērost
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: iarst

    Helgoland: iáárs

    Mooring: jarst

    Sylt: jest

  • Saterland Frisian: eerst
  • West Frisian: earst
• Old Saxon: ērist
• Old Dutch: *ērist
  • Middle Dutch: erste, eerste
    • Dutch: eerste
      • Afrikaans: eerste
    • West Flemish: erste
• Old High German: ērist
  • Middle High German: ērest, ērst
    • Bavarian: easchde

      Cimbrian: èerste, earst (Luserna)

    • German: erster
    • Luxembourgish: éischt
    • Yiddish: ערשט (ersht)