Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gerōn

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.

From *gerī (“greed”) +‎ *-ōn or *gerīg (“greedy”) +‎ *-ōn. Compare *gern (“willing, eager”).^[1]

*gerōn

1. to want, desire

• *bigerōn
  • Old Frisian: bijeria, biieria, *bigeria
    • Saterland Frisian: begeerje
    • West Frisian: begeare
  • Old Saxon: *bigerōn
    • Middle Low German: begeren
      • German Low German: begehren
      • → Danish: begære
      • → Swedish: begära
  • Old Dutch: *bigeron
    • Middle Dutch: begēren
      • Dutch: begeren
  • Old High German: *bigerōn
    • Middle High German: begeren, begern, begirn
      • German: begehren
      • Luxembourgish: begieren
• *geringu
  • Old Frisian: jeringe, geringe
  • Old Dutch: geringa
    • Middle Dutch: gēringe
      • →? Middle English: gering^[2]

• Old Frisian: jeria, jaria, *geria
• Old Saxon: gerōn
  • Middle Low German: geren
• Old Dutch: geron
  • Middle Dutch: gēren
    • Dutch: geren

• Old High German: gerōn
  • Middle High German: geren, gern
    • German: geren, gehren

• Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “jeria”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 203
• Guus Kroonen (2013) “*gerna-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 175