Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ahaʀ

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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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahaz. The final -z, which should have been lost in Proto-West Germanic, was reintroduced on the basis of the inflected forms.

Noun

*ahaʀ n[1]

  1. ear (of grain)

Inflection

z-stem
Singular
Nominative *ahaʀ
Genitive *ahiʀi
Singular Plural
Nominative *ahaʀ *ahiʀu
Accusative *ahaʀ *ahiʀu
Genitive *ahiʀi *ahiʀō
Dative *ahiʀi *ahiʀum
Instrumental *ahiʀi *ahiʀum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54:PWGmc *ahaz- ~ *ahiz-