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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ōferaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éh₁-per-o-s, from *h₂éh₁ (“to, at”) + *per- (“beyond, across”) + *-os, (whence Ancient Greek πέρας (péras, “end, boundary”)) + *-os. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἤπειρος (ḗpeiros, “mainland”), and possibly Old Armenian ափն (apʻn, “edge; shore”).[1][2][3]
Noun
*ōfer m
- border, edge (of a body of water)
- shoreline
Inflection
Masculine a-stem
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Singular
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Nominative
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*ōfer
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Genitive
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*ōferas
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*ōfer
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*ōferō, *ōferōs
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Accusative
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*ōfer
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*ōferā
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Genitive
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*ōferas
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*ōferō
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Dative
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*ōferē
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*ōferum
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Instrumental
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*ōferu
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*ōferum
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ōf(e)ra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 394
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “āpero-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 53
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἤπειρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 523