Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/airō

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyH- (“pole”).

Noun

*airō f

  1. oar

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *airō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *airō *airôz
vocative *airō *airôz
accusative *airǭ *airōz
genitive *airōz *airǫ̂
dative *airōi *airōmaz
instrumental *airō *airōmiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *airu
    • Old English: ār
      • Middle English: ore, hore, oore; are, aurre
        • English: oar
        • Scots: air
  • Old Norse: ár
  • → Proto-Finnic: *airo (see there for further descendants)
  • → Proto-Samic: *ājrō (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*airō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 13
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