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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/arhwō
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). Compare Latin arcus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑr.xʷɔː/
Noun
*arhwō f[1]
- arrow
Inflection
| ō-stemDeclension of *arhwō (ō-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *arhwō | *arhwôz | |
| vocative | *arhwō | *arhwôz | |
| accusative | *arhwǭ | *arhwōz | |
| genitive | *arhwōz | *arhwǫ̂ | |
| dative | *arhwōi | *arhwōmaz | |
| instrumental | *arhwō | *arhwōmiz | |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *arhu
- Old English: earh, arwe, arewe
- Middle English: arwe, arewe, arowe, arow
- Scots: arowe, arow
- English: arrow
- Middle English: arwe, arewe, arowe, arow
- Old English: earh, arwe, arewe
- Old Norse: ǫr
- Icelandic: ör
- Faroese: ørv f, ørvur m
- Old Swedish: arf
- → Swedish: Orvar (borrowed from Old West Norse as personal name)
- Gothic: *𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰 (*arƕa)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰 (arƕazna)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*arhwō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34