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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aibraz

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 *h₂eybʰros (sharp, severe, astringent). Cognate with dialectal Lithuanian aibrùmas (waters in the mouth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯.βrɑz/

Adjective

*aibraz [1]

  1. sharp, bitter
  2. vehement, dire
  3. violent

Inflection


Derived terms

  • *aibrą
  • *aibrį̄

Descendants

  • Old English: ābor, āfor
  • Old Frisian
  • Old High German: eibar, eivar, eifar, aipar, eipar, eiber, eiver, eifir
    • Middle High German: *eifer (southern; attested in eifrære)
      • German: Eifer (all derivatives interpreted the -ei- as an underlying -î-)
        • → Dutch: ijver
          • Afrikaans: ywer
        • → Luxembourgish: Äifer
  • Old Norse: æfr (possibly also from *abraz)
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍂𐍃 (aifrs)
    • Old Occitan: affre
      • Middle French: affre

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aibra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 7
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