Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/airist

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 *airi (“early”) +‎ *-ist.

Adjective

*airist[1]

  1. superlative degree of *airi (“early”): earliest; first, foremost
    Synonym: *frumō

Inflection

a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *airist
Genitive *airistas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *airist *airistu *airist
Accusative *airistanā *airistā *airist
Genitive *airistas *airisteʀā *airistas
Dative *airistumē *airisteʀē *airistumē
Instrumental *airistu *airisteʀu *airistu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *airistē *airistō *airistu
Accusative *airistā *airistā *airistu
Genitive *airisteʀō *airisteʀō *airisteʀō
Dative *airistēm, *airistum *airistēm, *airistum *airistēm, *airistum
Instrumental *airistēm, *airistum *airistēm, *airistum *airistēm, *airistum

Usage notes

This word is not directly the superlative of any other term. Instead, various adjectival formations are used to express the positive degree.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “erst”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 186: “wg. *airista-”
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