Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ausô

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 *h₂ṓws.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯.sɔːː/

Noun

*ausô n^[1]

ear

Inflection

Verner alternation was preserved in this noun, but the distribution of the alternants is currently unknown.

neuter an-stemDeclension of *ausô (neuter an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ausô	*ausōnō
vocative	*ausô	*ausōnō
accusative	*ausô	*ausōnō
genitive	*ausiniz	*ausanǫ̂
dative	*ausini	*ausammaz
instrumental	*ausinē	*ausammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *auʀā
- Old English: ēare
  - Middle English: ere, eare, eere, eyr, ȝhere, here, ire, yere
    - English: ear
      - Tok Pisin: ia
    - Scots: ear
- Old Frisian: āre
  - North Frisian:
    Föhr: uar
    Hallig, Mooring: uur
    Helgoland: Uaar
  - Saterland Frisian: Oor
  - West Frisian: ear
- Old Saxon: ōra
  - Middle Low German: ôre
    - Low German: Ohr
      - Dutch Low Saxon: oor
      - German Low German: Or, Ur
        Plautdietsch: Oa, Ua
- Old Dutch: ōra
  - Middle Dutch: ôre
    - Dutch: oor
      - Afrikaans: oor
      - Jersey Dutch: ôr
      - Negerhollands: oor, hoor, ho
    - Limburgish: oear
- Old High German: ōra
  - Middle High German: ore
    - Alemannic German: Oor
    - Bavarian: Oar
    - Central Franconian: Uhr, Ohr
      - Hunsrik: Oher
      - Luxembourgish: Ouer
    - German: Ohr
    - Rhine Franconian:
      Pennsylvania German: Ohr
    - Vilamovian: ür
    - Yiddish: אויער (oyer)
Old Norse: eyra
- Icelandic: eyra
- Faroese: oyra
- Norwegian Nynorsk: øyra, øyre, øra, øre
- Jamtish: ǿre
- Elfdalian: ära
- Old Swedish: ø̄ra
  - Swedish: öra, ör (dialectal)
- Old Danish: ø̄ræ
  - Danish: øre
    - Norwegian Bokmål: øre
  - Scanian: ǿra
- Old Gutnish: oyra
  - Gutnish: åire
Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (ausō)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*auzōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 44

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*auzōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 44

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