Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hēr

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 *hē₂r.

Adverb

*hēr

1. here

Descendants

• Old English: hēr, ᚻᛖᚱ (her) — Franks Casket
  • Middle English: her, here, heer
    • English: here
    • Scots: her, here
• Old Frisian: hīr
  • Saterland Frisian: hier
  • West Frisian: hjir
• Old Saxon: hēr, hīr
  • Middle Low German: hêr, hîr, hîre
    • Low German: hier
    • Plautdietsch: hia, häa
• Old Dutch: *hiar, hier, hiera
  • Middle Dutch: hier
    • Dutch: hier, her
      • Afrikaans: hier
    • Limburgish: hier; hie, heej (influenced by High German)
• Old High German: hia, hiar
  • Middle High German: hie
    • Alemannic German: hie
    • Bavarian: hia

      Cimbrian: hia

    • Central Franconian: hee, hie
    • German: hie
    • Luxembourgish: hei
  • Middle High German: hier
    • German: hier