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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/airō
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyH- (“pole”).[1]
Noun
*airō f[1]
- oar
Inflection
| ō-stemDeclension of *airō (ō-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *airō | *airôz | |
| vocative | *airō | *airôz | |
| accusative | *airǭ | *airōz | |
| genitive | *airōz | *airǫ̂ | |
| dative | *airōi | *airōmaz | |
| instrumental | *airō | *airōmiz | |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *airu
- Old English: ār
- Middle English: ore, hore, oore; are, aurre
- English: oar
- Scots: air
- Middle English: ore, hore, oore; are, aurre
- Old English: ār
- Old Norse: ár
- Icelandic: ár
- Faroese: ár
- Norwegian Nynorsk: år
- Elfdalian: år
- Westrobothnian: jår, år, ɑr, ar; jaar
- Old Swedish: ār
- Swedish: år, åra
- Old Danish: aar
- Danish: år
- Norwegian Bokmål: år
- Danish: år
- → Proto-Finnic: *airo (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Samic: *ājrō (see there for further descendants)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*airō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 13