Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gahauʀisam

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From either *gahauʀijan (“to listen; to obey”) +‎ *-sam, or *ga- +‎ *hauʀisam (“obedient”).

Adjective

*gahauʀisam

obedient
Synonyms: *gahauʀīg, *hauʀisam, *hauʀīg

Derived terms

*ungahauʀisam
*ungahauʀisamahaidu

Descendants

Old English: ġehīersum, ġehīrsum, ġehȳrsum
- Middle English: ȝehyrsum, hihersam, ihersum, hersum (coalesced with descendant of hȳrsum)
  - English: hearsome
Old Frisian: *gehērsum
- West Frisian: gehearsum
Old Saxon: *gihōrsam
- Middle Low German: gehôrsam
  - German Low German: gehorsaam, gehorsom
Old Dutch: *gihōrsam
- Middle Dutch: gehorsam
  - Dutch: gehoorzaam
    - Afrikaans: gehoorsaam
    - Negerhollands: gehoorsaam
    - → West Frisian: gehoarsum
Old High German: gihōrsam
- Middle High German: gehōrsam
  - Alemannic German: ghorsam
  - German: gehorsam
  - Yiddish: געהארכזאם‎ (geharkhzam)