Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hauhiʀō

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 *hauhizô. Equivalent to *hauh (“high”) +‎ *-iʀō. Cognate with Old Norse hærri (“higher”).

Adjective

*hauhiʀō^[1]

comparative degree of *hauh (“high”): higher

Inflection

n-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*hauhiʀō
Genitive	hauhiʀini, hauhiʀan
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*hauhiʀō	*hauhiʀā	*hauhiʀā
Accusative	*hauhiʀan	*hauhiʀōn	*hauhiʀā
Genitive	hauhiʀini, hauhiʀan	*hauhiʀōn	hauhiʀini, hauhiʀan
Dative	hauhiʀini, hauhiʀan	*hauhiʀōn	hauhiʀini, hauhiʀan
Instrumental	hauhiʀini, hauhiʀan	*hauhiʀōn	hauhiʀini, hauhiʀan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*hauhiʀan	*hauhiʀōn	*hauhiʀōn
Accusative	*hauhiʀan	*hauhiʀōn	*hauhiʀōn
Genitive	*hauhiʀanō	*hauhiʀōnō	*hauhiʀanō
Dative	*hauhiʀum	hauhiʀōm, hauhiʀum	*hauhiʀum
Instrumental	*hauhiʀum	hauhiʀōm, hauhiʀum	*hauhiʀum

Descendants

Old English: hīerra, hīehra, hēahra, hēra
- Middle English: hyer, herre, heyer, hegher, heyȝere, hiȝer, hiȝere, heer, hegere, heyere, heyȝer, hyere
  - English: higher
Old Frisian: hāchera, hāgera, hāgra, hārra
- North Frisian: huuger
- Saterland Frisian: hager
- West Frisian: heger
Old Saxon: *hōharo
- German Low German: höger
Old Dutch: *hōhiro
- Middle Dutch: hocher
  - Dutch: hoger
    - Afrikaans: hoër
Old High German: hōhiro
- Middle High German: hōher, hœher
  - Alemannic German: hööcher
  - Cimbrian: höogor
  - German: höher
  - Yiddish: העכער (hekher)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 267: “P(NW)Gmc *hauhiʀō̄”

[DOE-1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 267: “P(NW)Gmc *hauhiʀō̄”

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