Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hairaz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hairaz

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 *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”). Cognate with Old Irish cīar (“dark”), probably Proto-Slavic *śěrъ (“gray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑi̯.rɑz/

Adjective

*hairaz[1]

1. grey
2. (figuratively) aged; old; lofty; distinguished

Inflection

Declension of *hairaz (a-stem)

Strong declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hairaz	*hairai	*hairō	*hairôz	*hairą, -atō	*hairō
Accusative	*hairanǭ	*hairanz	*hairǭ	*hairōz	*hairą, -atō	*hairō
Genitive	*hairas, -is	*hairaizǫ̂	*hairaizōz	*hairaizǫ̂	*hairas, -is	*hairaizǫ̂
Dative	*hairammai	*hairaimaz	*hairaizōi	*hairaimaz	*hairammai	*hairaimaz
Instrumental	*hairanō	*hairaimiz	*hairaizō	*hairaimiz	*hairanō	*hairaimiz
Weak declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hairô	*hairaniz	*hairǭ	*hairōniz	*hairô	*hairōnō
Accusative	*hairanų	*hairanunz	*hairōnų	*hairōnunz	*hairô	*hairōnō
Genitive	*hairiniz	*hairanǫ̂	*hairōniz	*hairōnǫ̂	*hairiniz	*hairanǫ̂
Dative	*hairini	*hairammaz	*hairōni	*hairōmaz	*hairini	*hairammaz
Instrumental	*hairinē	*hairammiz	*hairōnē	*hairōmiz	*hairinē	*hairammiz

Descendants

• Old English: hār
  • Middle English: hor
    • English: hoar
    • Scots: hare, hair
• Old Frisian: hār
• Old Dutch: hēr
  • Middle Dutch: heer
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: herlic
      • Dutch: heerlijk
• Old High German: hēr
  • Middle High German: hēr
    • German: hehr
  • ⇒ Old High German: hērro (comparative) (see there for further descendants)
• Old Norse: hárr, hǽrr
  • Icelandic: hár
  • Danish: hǫr
  • →? Old French: haraz (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Portuguese: herru

References

1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*haira-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 201

See also

Colors in Proto-Germanic · *farwôz (layout · text)

*blaikaz, *blankaz, *hwītaz, *blasaz	*falwaz, *grēwaz, *haswaz, *grīsaz, *hairaz	*blakaz, *swartaz
*raudaz	*brūnaz, *erpaz, *dusnaz	*gelwaz, *gulaz
*grōniz	*grōniz
	*blēwaz	*blēwaz, *hēwijaz
*blēwaz, *hēwijaz	*baswaz