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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *īsarną.
Noun
*īsarn n[1]
- iron
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*īsarn(a)
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| Genitive
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*īsarnas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*īsarn(a)
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*īsarnu
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| Accusative
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*īsarn(a)
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*īsarnu
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| Genitive
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*īsarnas
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*īsarnō
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| Dative
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*īsarnē
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*īsarnum
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| Instrumental
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*īsarnu
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*īsarnum
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Descendants
- Old English: īsern, īren, īsen
- Middle English: iren, irin, iron, irn, irne, yren, yrn, yrne, eren, heren, heyron, hyrone, ieren, yeren, yrin (Late Middle English), iryn, iryne (Northern), yirn, yrun, yryn (especially East Anglia), hire, ire, yre (Southern, South Midland), yse, ysen (Middlesex), yzen (Kent)
- Old Frisian: īsern
- Old Saxon: īsarn
- Middle Low German: îsen, îsern, îseren
- German Low German: Iesen
- ⇒ German Low German: Iesder
- Low German: Isen
- Plautdietsch: Iesa
- Old Dutch: *īsarn
- Middle Dutch: iser
- Dutch: ijzer
- Afrikaans: yster
- Berbice Creole Dutch: isiri
- Jersey Dutch: äize
- Negerhollands: iser, izu
- Skepi Creole Dutch: isir
- → Aukan: insii
- → Sranan Tongo: isri
- → Caribbean Hindustani: isri
- → Caribbean Javanese: isri
- Limburgish: iezer
- West Flemish: yzer
- Old High German: īsarn
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 339: “PWGmc *īsarn”