Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hauhiʀō

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 *hauhizô. Equivalent to *hauh (“high”) +‎ *-iʀō. Cognate with Old Norse hærri (“higher”).

Adjective

*hauhiʀō

1. comparative degree of *hauh (“high”): higher

Inflection

n-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*hauhiʀō
Genitive	*hauhiʀini, *hauhiʀan
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*hauhiʀō	*hauhiʀā	*hauhiʀā
Accusative	*hauhiʀan	*hauhiʀōn	*hauhiʀā
Genitive	*hauhiʀini, *hauhiʀan	*hauhiʀōn	*hauhiʀini, *hauhiʀan
Dative	*hauhiʀini, *hauhiʀan	*hauhiʀōn	*hauhiʀini, *hauhiʀan
Instrumental	*hauhiʀini, *hauhiʀan	*hauhiʀōn	*hauhiʀini, *hauhiʀan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*hauhiʀan	*hauhiʀōn	*hauhiʀōn
Accusative	*hauhiʀan	*hauhiʀōn	*hauhiʀōn
Genitive	*hauhiʀanō	*hauhiʀōnō	*hauhiʀanō
Dative	*hauhiʀum	*hauhiʀōm, *hauhiʀum	*hauhiʀum
Instrumental	*hauhiʀum	*hauhiʀōm, *hauhiʀum	*hauhiʀum

Descendants

• Old English: hīerra, hīehra, hēahra, hēra
  • Middle English: hyer, herre, heyer, hegher, heyȝere, hiȝer, hiȝere, heer, hegere, heyere, heyȝer, hyere
    • English: higher
• Old Frisian: hāchera, hāgera, hāgra, hārra
  • North Frisian: huuger
  • Saterland Frisian: hager
  • West Frisian: heger
• Old Saxon: *hōharo
  • German Low German: höger
• Old Dutch: *hōhiro
  • Middle Dutch: hocher
    • Dutch: hoger
      • Afrikaans: hoër
• Old High German: hōhiro
  • Middle High German: hōher, hœher
    • Alemannic German: hööcher
    • Cimbrian: höogor
    • German: höher
    • Yiddish: העכער (hekher)