Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hērą

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

Perhaps derived from Proto-Indo-European *kēs-ró-m, a lengthened-grade formation from *kes- (“to scrape, comb”), and compared in particular to Old Irish cír (“comb”).[1] Alternatively, Gasiorowski derives the Germanic from an earlier *hezra-, with loss of -z- before -r- and compensatory lengthening of the vowel, from Pre-Germanic *kes-ró-m (“that which is combed”), substantivization of an adjective *kes-ro-s, ultimately from the same root *kes- as above.[2]

Older theories traced the word to a Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-, *ḱeres- (“rough hair, bristle”), though this leaves the lengthened grade unaccounted for.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɛː.rɑ̃/

Noun

*hērą n

  1. hair
    Synonym: *hazdaz

Inflection

Declension of *hērą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hērą *hērō
vocative *hērą *hērō
accusative *hērą *hērō
genitive *hēras, *hēris *hērǫ̂
dative *hērai *hēramaz
instrumental *hērō *hēramiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hēra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 220
  2. ^ Gąsiorowski, Piotr (2012) “The Germanic reflexes of PIE *-sr- in the context of Verner's Law”, in The Sound of Indo-European: Phonetics, Phonemics, and Morphophonemics‎[2], Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, →DOI, →ISSN
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