Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ādrā

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 *ēþrǭ.

Noun

*ādrā f

vein
rivulet

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ādrā
Genitive	*ādrōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ādrā	*ādrōn
Accusative	*ādrōn	*ādrōn
Genitive	*ādrōn	*ādrōnō
Dative	*ādrōn	ādrōm, ādrum
Instrumental	*ādrōn	ādrōm, ādrum

Descendants

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)