Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/harjōn

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 *harjōną. Equivalent to *hari (“army”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*harjōn

to overrun with an army; lay waste; ravage; devastate

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*harjōn
1st sg. past	*harjōdā
Infinitive	*harjōn
Genitive infin.	*harjōnijas
Dative infin.	*harjōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*harjōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*harjō	*harjōdā
2nd singular	*harjōs	harjōdēs, harjōdōs
3rd singular	*harjōþ	harjōdē, harjōdā
1st plural	*harjōm	*harjōdum
2nd plural	*harjōþ	*harjōdud
3rd plural	*harjōnþ	*harjōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*harjō	*harjōdī
2nd singular	*harjōs	*harjōdī
3rd singular	*harjō	*harjōdī
1st plural	*harjōm	*harjōdīm
2nd plural	*harjōþ	*harjōdīd
3rd plural	*harjōn	*harjōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*harjō
Plural	*harjōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*harjōndī	*harjōd

Alternative forms

*harigōn

Derived terms

*fraharjōn
*uʀharjōn
- Old Frisian: urheria
- Old High German: irheriōn, irherrōn

Descendants

Old English: hergian, herian
- Middle English: herien, harien, haryen, herȝien, herȝen, herwen, harwen
  - Scots: hery, herry, hary
  - English: harrow, harry
Old Frisian: *heria
- Saterland Frisian: heerje
Old Saxon: heriōn
- Middle Low German: hēren
  - German Low German: heren
Old Dutch: herron
- Middle Dutch: hēren, hergen, hēregen, hērien
- Old Norse: herja
  - Old Danish: hæriæ
    - Danish: hærge
  - Norwegian Bokmål: herje
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: herje, herja
Old High German: harjōn, herjōn, herrōn
- Middle High German: herjen, hergen, heren, hern
  - German: heeren
→ Old French: harier, hariien, harer; harigoter
- Middle French: haricot
  - French: haricot
    - → English: haricot