Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/harpā

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

From Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Noun

*harpā f^[1]

harp

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*harpā
Genitive	*harpōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*harpā	*harpōn
Accusative	*harpōn	*harpōn
Genitive	*harpōn	*harpōnō
Dative	*harpōn	harpōm, harpum
Instrumental	*harpōn	harpōm, harpum

Derived terms

*harpōn

Descendants

Old English: hearpe
- Middle English: harpe
  - English: harp
  - Scots: harpe, herp, hairp
Old Frisian: *herpe
- West Frisian: harpe, harp
Old Saxon: harpa
- Middle Low German: harpe
  - Low German: Harp
  - Plautdietsch: Hoap
Old Dutch: *harpa
- Middle Dutch: harpe, herpe
  - Dutch: harp
    - Afrikaans: harp
Old High German: harfa, *harpha
- Middle High German: harfe, harpfe
  - Bavarian: Harpfn
  - German: Harfe, Harpfe
    - → Saterland Frisian: Harfe
  - Luxembourgish: Harf
  - → Kashubian: harfa, arfa
  - → Old Polish: arfa (see there for further descendants)
  - Rhine Franconian: Haf, Harf
    Pennsylvania German: Harf
- → Czech: harfa
- → Russian: а́рфа (árfa) (see there for further descendants)
- → Serbo-Croatian: hȃrfa, ха̑рфа
- → Slovak: harfa
- → Slovene: harfa
- → Ukrainian: а́рфа (árfa)
→ Late Latin: harpa (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 180: “PWGmc *harpā”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 180: “PWGmc *harpā”

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