Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ahaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.xɑz/

Noun

*ahaz n [1]

ear (of grain)

Inflection

z-stemDeclension of *ahaz (z-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ahaz	*ahizō
vocative	*ahaz	*ahizō
accusative	*ahaz	*ahizō
genitive	*ahiziz	*ahizǫ̂
dative	*ahizi	*ahizumaz
instrumental	*ahizē	*ahizumiz

Related terms

*ahsą

Descendants

Old English: ēar, æhher
- ⇒ Old English: Ēarmūþa
  - English: Yarmouth
Old Frisian: *ēr
- West Frisian: ier
Old Saxon: ahar, ahir, ehir
- Middle Low German: ār
  - Plautdietsch: Oa
Old Dutch: *ār
- Middle Dutch: aer
  - Dutch: aar
Old High German: ahir, ehir
- Middle High German: eher, äher
  - Alemannic German: Äli
  - German: Ähre
  - Vilamovian: yjer
Gothic: 𐌰𐌷𐍃 (ahs)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ahiz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 5

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ahiz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 5