Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/arô

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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō (eagle).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.rɔːː/

Noun

*arô m[1]

  1. eagle

Inflection

Declension of *arô (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *arô *arniz
vocative *arô *arniz
accusative *arnų *arnunz
genitive *arniz *arnǫ̂
dative *arni *arnumaz
instrumental *arnē *arnumiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *arō
    • Old Saxon: aro
      • Low German: Aar
    • Old Dutch: *aro
    • Old High German: aro
      • Middle High German: are, ar
        • German: Aar (poetic)
  • Old Norse: ari
    • Icelandic: ari
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: are
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌰 (ara)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aran- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32