Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hairiʀō

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 1

From Proto-Germanic *hairizô. Equivalent to *hair (“old, venerable”) +‎ *-iʀō.

Adjective

*hairiʀō

2. comparative degree of *hair (“old, venerable”): older

Inflection

n-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*hairiʀō
Genitive	*hairiʀini, *hairiʀan
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*hairiʀō	*hairiʀā	*hairiʀā
Accusative	*hairiʀan	*hairiʀōn	*hairiʀā
Genitive	*hairiʀini, *hairiʀan	*hairiʀōn	*hairiʀini, *hairiʀan
Dative	*hairiʀini, *hairiʀan	*hairiʀōn	*hairiʀini, *hairiʀan
Instrumental	*hairiʀini, *hairiʀan	*hairiʀōn	*hairiʀini, *hairiʀan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*hairiʀan	*hairiʀōn	*hairiʀōn
Accusative	*hairiʀan	*hairiʀōn	*hairiʀōn
Genitive	*hairiʀanō	*hairiʀōnō	*hairiʀanō
Dative	*hairiʀum	*hairiʀōm, *hairiʀum	*hairiʀum
Instrumental	*hairiʀum	*hairiʀōm, *hairiʀum	*hairiʀum

Etymology 2

From *hairiʀō (“more aged, distinguished”) +‎ *-ō (agent noun). The meaning “lord, master” possibly calqued from Medieval Latin senior (“lord, sir”).

Noun

*hairiʀō m

2. older person, elder, senior
3. lord, master

   Synonyms: *druhtin, *frauwjō

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hairiʀō
Genitive	*hairiʀini, *hairiʀan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hairiʀō	*hairiʀan
Accusative	*hairiʀan	*hairiʀan
Genitive	*hairiʀini, *hairiʀan	*hairiʀanō
Dative	*hairiʀini, *hairiʀan	*hairiʀum
Instrumental	*hairiʀini, *hairiʀan	*hairiʀum

Descendants

• Old English: hearra, heorra, herra, hierra
  • Middle English: herre, harre, hærre, harre
    • English: her, here
    • Scots: her, here, heir
• Old Frisian: hēra
  • Saterland Frisian: Here
• Old Saxon: hērro
  • Middle Low German: hēre, herre
    • Low German: her, harr
    • → Old Norse: herra, herri
      • Icelandic: herra, herri
      • Faroese: harra, harri
      • Norwegian Bokmål: herre
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: herre
      • Old Swedish: härra
        • Swedish: herre
      • Danish: herre
      • Gutnish: herre
      • → Finnish: herra
      • → Ingrian: herra
      • → Ukrainian: гарний (harnyj)
• Old Dutch: hērro, hēro
  • Middle Dutch: hêre
    • Dutch: heer
      • Afrikaans: heer
    • Limburgish: hieër
• Old High German: hērro, hēriro, hēro
  • Middle High German: herre
    • Alemannic German: Heer
    • Cimbrian: hear, hèere (Sette Comuni)
    • Central Franconian:

      Hunsrik: Herr, hër

    • German: Herr
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Pennsylvania German: Harr

    • Yiddish: הער (her)