Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/airiz

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯.riz/

Adverb

*airiz (adjective *airizô)^[1]

earlier, before; comparative degree of *airi

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *airi
- Old English: ǣr
  - Middle English: er
    - English: ere
    - Scots: air
    - Yola: ear
- Old Frisian: ēr
  - Saterland Frisian: eer, ädder
  - West Frisian: ier
    - ⇒ West Frisian: eardat, ear't
- Old Saxon: ēr
  - Middle Low German: êr
    - German Low German: ehr
      - ⇒ German Low German: ehrdat
      - ⇒ German Low German: ehrder
      - ⇒ German Low German: ehrtieds
- Old Dutch: ēr
  - Middle Dutch: êer
    - Dutch: eer
      - Afrikaans: eer
    - Limburgish: ieër
- Old High German: ēr
  - Middle High German: ēr, ē (loss of -r as in hie, dā)
    - German: eher, ehe, eh
>? Old Norse: áðr, áðan
- Icelandic: áður
- Faroese: áður
- Norwegian Nynorsk: åder
Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐍃 (airis)

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*airiz”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 12

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*airiz”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 12

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