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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/

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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 *iz.

Pronoun

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*iʀ[1]

  1. he, it

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Old English: ī- (self; same, prefix)
  • Old Frisian: -er, -ere
    • Saterland Frisian: er
    • West Frisian: er
  • Old High German: ēr

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 124:*iz