Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gahauʀisam

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 either *gahauʀijan (“to listen; to obey”) +‎ *-sam, or *ga- +‎ *hauʀisam (“obedient”).

Adjective

*gahauʀisam

  1. obedient
    Synonyms: *gahauʀīg, *hauʀisam, *hauʀīg

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: ġehīersum, ġehīrsum — Early West Saxon, ġehȳrsum — Late West Saxon, ġehērsum — Anglian, Kentish
    • Middle English: ȝehyrsum, hihersam, ihersum, hersum (coalesced with descendant of hȳrsum)
  • Old Frisian: *gehērsum
    • West Frisian: gehearsum
  • Old Saxon: *gihōrsam
    • Middle Low German: gehôrsam
      • German Low German: gehorsaam, gehorsom
  • Old Dutch: *gihōrsam
    • Middle Dutch: gehorsam
      • Dutch: gehoorzaam
        • Afrikaans: gehoorsaam
        • Negerhollands: gehoorsaam
        • → West Frisian: gehoarsum
  • Old High German: gihōrsam
    • Middle High German: gehōrsam
      • Alemannic German: ghorsam
      • German: gehorsam
      • Yiddish: געהאָרכזאַם (gehorkhzam)
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