Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/airiz

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯.riz/

Adverb

*airiz (adjective *airizô) [1]

earlier, before; comparative degree of *airi

Descendants

Old English: ǣr
- Middle English: ær, er, ere
  - Scots: er
  - English: ere
- ⇒ Old English: ǣrlīċe, ārlīċe
  - Middle English: erli, erly
    - English: early
Old Frisian: ēr
- Saterland Frisian: eer
- ⇒ West Frisian: earder; eardat, ear't
Old Saxon: ēr
- Middle Low German: êr
  - ⇒ German Low German: ehrder
Old Dutch: ēr
- Middle Dutch: êer
Old High German: ēr
- Middle High German: ēr, hēr
  - German: eher
Old Norse: áðr (possibly from *airi)
- Faroese: áður
- Icelandic: áður
Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐍃 (airis)

References

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

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