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This Proto-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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑ.xɑz/
- Rhymes: -ɑ.xɑz
Noun
*ahaz n[1]
- ear (of grain)
Inflection
Declension of *ahaz (z-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*ahaz
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*ahizō
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| vocative
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*ahaz
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*ahizō
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| accusative
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*ahaz
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*ahizō
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| genitive
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*ahiziz
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*ahizǫ̂
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| dative
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*ahizi
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*ahizumaz
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| instrumental
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*ahizē
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*ahizumiz
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Alternative reconstructions
- *ahanō (“awns”)
- *ahsą
- Old Norse: ax (see there for further descendants)
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌷𐍃 (ahs)
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *ahaʀ, *ahiʀ
- Old English: ēar, æhher — Northumbrian
- Old Frisian: *ēr
- Saterland Frisian: Iere
- West Frisian: ier
- Old Saxon: ahar, ahir, ehir
- Middle Low German: ār
- Low German: Ahr
- Plautdietsch: Oa
- Old Dutch: *ār
- Old High German: ahir, ahar, ehir
- Middle High German: eher, äher
- Alemannic German: Äli
- Central Franconian: Ohr, Öhr, Ähr, Ähjer, Iehr
- German: Ähre
- Vilamovian: yjer
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ahiz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 5