Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ars

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 *arsaz.

Noun

*ars m

  1. arse, anus, buttocks

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *ars
Genitive *arsas
Singular Plural
Nominative *ars *arsō, *arsōs
Accusative *ars *arsā
Genitive *arsas *arsō
Dative *arsē *arsum
Instrumental *arsu *arsum

Descendants

  • 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
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