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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hafr

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *hafraz.

Noun

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*hafr m[1]

  1. male goat

Inflection

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Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *hafr
Genitive *hafras
Singular Plural
Nominative *hafr *hafrō, *hafrōs
Accusative *hafr *hafrā
Genitive *hafras *hafrō
Dative *hafrē *hafrum
Instrumental *hafru *hafrum

Descendants

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  • Old English: hæfer
  • Old Saxon: *havar
  • Old High German: *habar

References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 147:PWGmc *hafr