Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ars

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *arsaz.

Noun

*ars m

arse, anus, buttocks

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ars
Genitive	*arsas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ars	arsō, arsōs
Accusative	*ars	*arsā
Genitive	*arsas	*arsō
Dative	*arsē	*arsum
Instrumental	*arsu	*arsum

Descendants

Old English: ears, ærs
- Middle English: ars, arce, ers, eres, hars, hers, aars
  - English: arse, ass
  - Scots: ers, airse
Old Frisian: ers
- Saterland Frisian: Iers
- West Frisian: ears
Old Saxon: ars
- Middle Low German: ars
  - Dutch Low Saxon: ars, ors
  - German Low German: Aars
  - ⇒ by rebracketing:
    - Dutch Low Saxon: nors, mors
    - German Low German: Maars, Moors, Narsch, Närsch, Närs
      Plautdietsch: Noasch
Old Dutch: *ars
- Middle Dutch: āers
  - Dutch: aars
    - Afrikaans: aars
Old High German: ars
- Middle High German: ars
  - Cimbrian: aars
  - German: Arsch
  - Luxembourgish: Aasch