wɑz/ *<span class="searchmatch">haswaz</span> grey *hasnaz <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-West <span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span>: *hasn Old English: hǣwen Old High German: hasan *hasô *<span class="searchmatch">Haswaz</span> (“the river Hase”) <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-West <span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span>: *hasu...
Substantivization of *<span class="searchmatch">haswaz</span> (“grey”). *<span class="searchmatch">Haswaz</span> m the river Hase *haswawarjaz (“Hase-dweller”) → Latin: Chasuarii German: Hase...
*haswī From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span> *<span class="searchmatch">haswaz</span>. *hasu grey Old English: hasu, heasu ⇒ Middle English: haswed Old Saxon: hasu Middle Low German: hāse (in placenames)...
*<span class="searchmatch">haswaz</span> Due to the vowel ablaut and Verner's law consonant alternations, several stems are attested throughout the descendants. <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-West <span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span> preserves...
possibly from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *ḱas- (“gray, dim”) + *-na due to its dark bark, akin to Latin cānus (“hoary”) and <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span> *<span class="searchmatch">haswaz</span> (“gray”). Per...
From *<span class="searchmatch">Haswaz</span> (“the river Hase”) + *warjaz (“dweller”). *haswawarjaz m Hase-dweller, a member of the Chasuarii tribe → Latin: Chasuarii...
From Pre-<span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span> *erppaz, earlier *h₁erbʰnós, from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *h₁erbʰ- (“brown”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀρφνός (orphnós, “dark brown”) (<...
Uncertain. Perhaps from Pre-<span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span> *bʰlogos, from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *bʰleg-. Compare <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine, burn, scorch”). Alternatively...
From Pre-<span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span> *bʰloyǵ-os, from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). By synchronic analysis, an o-grade adjective formed from *blīkaną (“to gleam...
/ˈxɑi̯.rɑz/ *hairaz grey (figurative) aged; old; lofty; distinguished <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-West <span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span>: *hair Old English: hār Middle English: hor English: hoar Scots:...