Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hē₂r

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 *hiz +‎ *-r. The origin of the long ē₂-vowel is not known.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xeːr/

Adverb

*hē₂r

(demonstrative) here, in this place

Related terms

*þar
*hwar

Descendants

Old English: hēr
- Middle English: her, here, heer
  - Scots: her, here
  - English: here
Old Frisian: hīr
- Saterland Frisian: hier
- West Frisian: hjir
Old Saxon: hēr, hīr
- Middle Low German: hêr, hîr, hîre
  - Low German: hier
  - Plautdietsch: hia, häa
Old Dutch: *hiar, hier, hiera
- Middle Dutch: hier
  - Dutch: hier, her
    - Afrikaans: hier
  - Limburgish: heej (probably influenced by High German)
Old High German: hiar, hia
- Middle High German: hie (predominant); hier
  - Alemannic German: hie
  - Bavarian: hia (< hie, though hier would yield the same)
    Cimbrian: hia
  - Central Franconian: hee, hie
  - German: hier; hie
  - Luxembourgish: hei
Old Norse: hér
- Icelandic: hér
- Elfdalian: jär
- Faroese: her
- Norwegian: her
- Old Swedish: hær, hiær
  - Swedish: här, (dialectal) héer, hera
- Danish: her
- Gutnish: hjär, hjä
- Westrobothnian: hjär, schär
Gothic: 𐌷𐌴𐍂 (hēr)

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