Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aizō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂oys-éh₂, from *h₂eys- (“to respect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯.zɔː/

Noun

*aizō f

1. fear; reverence
2. honour

Inflection

Derived terms

• *aizāną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *aiʀu
  • Old English: ār, āre
    • Middle English: ore, oore, or, ȝore; aore, are, ære; ar, are
  • Old Frisian: ēre, ēr
    • Saterland Frisian: Eere
    • West Frisian: eare
  • Old Saxon: ēra
    • Middle Low German: ēre
      • → Old Norse: æra
        • Danish: ære
        • Icelandic: æra
        • Faroese: æra
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: ære
        • Norwegian Bokmål: ære
        • Swedish: ära
  • Old Dutch: ēra
    • Middle Dutch: êre
      • Dutch: eer
        • Afrikaans: eer
        • Negerhollands: eer
      • Limburgish: ieër
  • Old High German: ēra
    • Middle High German: ēre
      • Central Franconian:

        Hunsrik: Eher

        Luxembourgish: Éier

      • German: Ehre
      • Rhine Franconian: Ehr, Ihr
      • Vilamovian: ere
• Old Norse: eir
  • Icelandic: eir

References