Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ēþrǭ

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

*ēdrǭ^[1]

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éh₁t-r̥ ~ *h₁h₁t-éns (“lung, internal organ”), from *h₁eh₁t- (“to breathe”) +‎ *-r̥.^[1]

Noun

*ēþrǭ f^[1]

vein
rivulet

Inflection

Declension of *ēþrǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ēþrǭ	*ēþrōniz
vocative	*ēþrǭ	*ēþrōniz
accusative	*ēþrōnų	*ēþrōnunz
genitive	*ēþrōniz	*ēþrōnǫ̂
dative	*ēþrōni	*ēþrōmaz
instrumental	*ēþrōnē	*ēþrōmiz

Related terms

*ēþmaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *ādrā
- Old English: ǣdre
  - Middle English: edre
- Old Frisian: eddere, ēdere
  - Saterland Frisian: Äddere
- Old Dutch: *āthera
  - Middle Dutch: adere
    - Dutch: ader, aar (dialectal), aâr (obsolete)
      - Afrikaans: aar
      - Negerhollands: ader, aar
      - → Papiamentu: ader, ardu
    - Limburgish: aoder, aor
- Old High German: ādra, ādara
  - Middle High German: āder
    - Central Franconian: Oder
    - German: Ader
    - Luxembourgish: Oder
    - Yiddish: אָדער (oder)
Old Norse: æðr
- Faroese: æðr, æður (Suðuroy)
- Icelandic: æð
- Norwegian: år, åre
- Old Swedish: āþra, ādher
  - Swedish: åder, ådra
- Old Danish: athræ
  - Danish: åre

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ēþrō- - *ēdrō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 120

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ēþrō- - *ēdrō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 120

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