Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/arsaz

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁órs-o-s (“rear-end”). Compare Ancient Greek ὄρρος (órrhos), Hittite 𒅈𒊏𒀸 (ar-ra-aš /⁠arraš⁠/), Old Irish err, and Middle Armenian ոռ (oṙ).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑr.sɑz/

Noun

*arsaz m[1]

  1. arse/ass, anus, buttocks

Inflection

Declension of *arsaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *arsaz *arsōz, *arsōs
vocative *ars *arsōz, *arsōs
accusative *arsą *arsanz
genitive *arsas, *arsis *arsǫ̂
dative *arsai *arsamaz
instrumental *arsō *arsamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *ars
    • Old English: ears, ærs
      • Middle English: ars, arce, ers, eres, hars, hers, aars
        • English: arse, ass
        • Scots: ers, airse
    • Old Frisian: ers
      • Saterland Frisian: Iers, Äirs
      • West Frisian: ears
    • Old Saxon: ars
      • Middle Low German: ars
        • Dutch Low Saxon: ars, ors
        • German Low German: Aars
        • ⇒ by rebracketing:
          • Dutch Low Saxon: nors, mors
          • German Low German: Maars, Moors, Narsch, Närsch, Närs
            Plautdietsch: Noasch
    • Old Dutch: *ars
      • Middle Dutch: āers
    • Old High German: ars
  • Old Norse: ars, rass

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*arsa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 35

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