Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/auʀā

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 *ausô.

Noun

*auʀā n^[1]

ear

Inflection

Neuter an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*auʀā
Genitive	auʀini, auʀan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*auʀā	*auʀōn
Accusative	*auʀā	*auʀōn
Genitive	auʀini, auʀan	*auʀanō
Dative	auʀini, auʀan	*auʀum
Instrumental	auʀini, auʀan	*auʀum

Descendants

Old English: ēare
- Middle English: ere, eare, eere, eyr, ȝhere, here, ire, yere
  - English: ear
    - Tok Pisin: ia
  - Scots: ear
Old Frisian: āre
- North Frisian:
  Föhr: uar
  Hallig, Mooring: uur
  Helgoland: Uaar
- Saterland Frisian: Oor
- West Frisian: ear
Old Saxon: ōra
- Middle Low German: ôre
  - Low German: Ohr
    - Dutch Low Saxon: oor
    - German Low German: Ohr, Åhr, Ahr, Or, Ur
      Plautdietsch: Oa, Ua
Old Dutch: ōra
- Middle Dutch: ôre
  - Dutch: oor
    - Afrikaans: oor
    - Jersey Dutch: ôr
    - Negerhollands: oor, hoor, ho
  - Limburgish: oear
Old High German: ōra
- Middle High German: ore
  - Alemannic German: Oor
  - Bavarian: Oar
  - Central Franconian: Uhr, Ohr
    - Hunsrik: Oher
    - Luxembourgish: Ouer
  - German: Ohr
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Ohr
  - Vilamovian: ür
  - Yiddish: אויער (oyer)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 83: “PWGmc *auzā”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 83: “PWGmc *auzā”

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