Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/airi

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 *h₂eyeri.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯.ri/

Adverb

*airi (comparative *airiz, superlative *airist) [1]

early

Derived terms

*airidagaz
*airiwakraz

Descendants

Old English: ār (rare)
Old Norse: ár, áðr
- Faroese: áður
- Icelandic: ár, áður (áður may be from *airis)
- Old Swedish: *ar
- ⇒ Old Norse: árla
  - Icelandic: árla
  - Faroese: árla
  - Danish: årle
  - Norwegian:
    - Norwegian Bokmål: årle
    - Norwegian Bokmål: årle
  - Old Swedish: aarla, arla[2]
    - Swedish: arla
Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍂 (air)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*airi”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 12
Proto-Germanic/airi in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*airi”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 12

[2] Proto-Germanic/airi in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.