Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hāring

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

Etymology

Unknown; possibly from *hār (“hair”) +‎ *-ing, named for its hair-like bones, compare Ancient Greek τριχίας (trikhías), τριχίς (trikhís, “type of anchovy”), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”).

Noun

*hāring m

herring

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hāring
Genitive	*hāringas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hāring	hāringō, hāringōs
Accusative	*hāring	*hāringā
Genitive	*hāringas	*hāringō
Dative	*hāringē	*hāringum
Instrumental	*hāringu	*hāringum

Alternative reconstructions

*haring

Descendants

Old English: hǣring
- Middle English: hering, hereng, heiring, herring; hæring, haring
  - English: herring
  - Scots: hering, herring, herrin, haring
  - Yola: hereen, heereen
Old Frisian: hēreng
- Saterland Frisian: Hiering, Häiring
- West Frisian: hjerring
Old Saxon: *hāring
- Middle Low German: hârink, hering
  - German Low German:
    Westphalian:
    East Westphalian (Lippisch): Hering
    
    South Westphalian (Dortmundisch), Westmünsterländisch: Hääring
    
    Westmünsterländisch: Heering
Old Dutch: *hāring
- Middle Dutch: hârinc, hêrinc
  - Dutch: haring
    - Afrikaans: haring
    - Negerhollands: heriṅ
    - → Caribbean Hindustani: eleng
    - → Papiamentu: hering
  - Limburgish: hieëring
Old High German: hārinc, herinc
- Middle High German: hærinc, hērinc
  - Central Franconian: Herrek (Ripuarian)
  - German: Hering (see there for further descendants)
  - Luxembourgish: Hierk
  - Yiddish: הערינג (hering)
- Bavarian: Haring
→ Late Latin: haringus (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Hering”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 306
^ Vercoullie, Jozef (1925) “haring”, in Beknopt etymologisch woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), 's-Gravenhage: Nijhoff, page 104
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hēra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 220

[1] Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Hering”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 306

[2] Vercoullie, Jozef (1925) “haring”, in Beknopt etymologisch woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), 's-Gravenhage: Nijhoff, page 104

[3] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hēra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 220

Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hāring

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