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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hauhiʀō

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 *hauhizô. Equivalent to *hauh (“high”) +‎ *-iʀō. Cognate with Old Norse hærri (“higher”).

Adjective

*hauhiʀō[1]

  1. comparative degree of *hauh (“high”): higher

Inflection
n-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *hauhiʀō
Genitive *hauhiʀini, *hauhiʀan
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *hauhiʀō *hauhiʀā *hauhiʀā
Accusative *hauhiʀan *hauhiʀōn *hauhiʀā
Genitive *hauhiʀini, *hauhiʀan *hauhiʀōn *hauhiʀini, *hauhiʀan
Dative *hauhiʀini, *hauhiʀan *hauhiʀōn *hauhiʀini, *hauhiʀan
Instrumental *hauhiʀini, *hauhiʀan *hauhiʀōn *hauhiʀini, *hauhiʀan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *hauhiʀan *hauhiʀōn *hauhiʀōn
Accusative *hauhiʀan *hauhiʀōn *hauhiʀōn
Genitive *hauhiʀanō *hauhiʀōnō *hauhiʀanō
Dative *hauhiʀum *hauhiʀōm, *hauhiʀum *hauhiʀum
Instrumental *hauhiʀum *hauhiʀōm, *hauhiʀum *hauhiʀum

Descendants
  • Old English: hīerra, hīehra, hēahra, hēra
    • Middle English: hyer, herre, heyer, hegher, heyȝere, hiȝer, hiȝere, heer, hegere, heyere, heyȝer, hyere
  • Old Frisian: hāchera, hāgera, hāgra, hārra
    • North Frisian: huuger
    • Saterland Frisian: hager
    • West Frisian: heger
  • Old Saxon: *hōharo
  • Old Dutch: *hōhiro
  • Old High German: hōhiro

References
  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 267: “P(NW)Gmc *hauhiʀō̄”
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