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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ahurn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
A European word, possibly of non-IE substrate origin. Cognate with Latin acer.[1]
Noun
*ahurn m[1]
- maple
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *ahurn | |
| Genitive | *ahurnas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *ahurn | *ahurnō, *ahurnōs |
| Accusative | *ahurn | *ahurnā |
| Genitive | *ahurnas | *ahurnō |
| Dative | *ahurnē | *ahurnum |
| Instrumental | *ahurnu | *ahurnum |
Descendants
- Old Saxon: ahorn
- Old High German: ahorn, ahurn, acharn
- Middle High German: ahorn
- German: Ahorn
- → Proto-Slavic: *àvorъ (see there for further descendants)
- Middle High German: ahorn
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ahurna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 7