Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/raʀn

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 *razną.

Noun

*raʀn n^[1]

(Anglo-Frisian Germanic) house

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*raʀn
Genitive	*raʀnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*raʀn	*raʀnu
Accusative	*raʀn	*raʀnu
Genitive	*raʀnas	*raʀnō
Dative	*raʀnē	*raʀnum
Instrumental	*raʀnu	*raʀnum

Descendants

Old English: ærn, earn, ern
- Middle English: ern
- ⇒ Old English: bereærn
  - Middle English: bern
    - Scots: bern
    - English: barn
>? Old English: ræsn
- Middle English: rasen, rasyn, resen, resin, reson, reason; rasewe, reswe
  - English: rasen, reason
  - Scots: rase
  - ⇒ Middle English: rasewepece, reson pece
    - English: reason piece, raising piece

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 84: “PWGmc *razn”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 84: “PWGmc *razn”

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