Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/harbist

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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/harbist

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 Proto-Germanic *harbistaz.

Noun

*harbist m[1]

1. harvest

   Synonym: *aʀani

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*harbist
Genitive	*harbistas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*harbist	*harbistō, *harbistōs
Accusative	*harbist	*harbistā
Genitive	*harbistas	*harbistō
Dative	*harbistē	*harbistum
Instrumental	*harbistu	*harbistum

Descendants

• Old English: hærfest
  • Middle English: hervest, harvest, ervest, herfest
    • English: harvest
    • Scots: hairst, harvest
    • Yola: hearesth, harrest
• Old Frisian: herfst
  • Saterland Frisian: Häärst
  • West Frisian: hjerst
  • North Frisian: Hārefst (Sylt)
• Old Saxon: herƀist
  • Middle Low German: hervest
    • Low German: Harvst
    • Plautdietsch: Hoafst
• Old Dutch: hervist (attested in compound: heruistmanot)
  • Middle Dutch: hervest, herfst
    • Dutch: herfst
      • Afrikaans: herfs
    • Limburgish: herfs, harves
• Old High German: herbist
  • Middle High German: herbest, herbst
    • Alemannic German: Herpscht

      Walser: harpscht, herbscht, hérbscht

    • Bavarian: herbast, herbischt, hörbist

      Cimbrian: herbest, hèrbest, herbust

      Mòcheno: herbest

    • Central Franconian:

      Hunsrik: Herrebst

    • German: Herbst
    • Luxembourgish: Hierscht
    • Yiddish: האַרבסט‎ (harbst)

See also

Seasons in Proto-West Germanic · *jārastīdī (layout · text) · category
*langatīn (“spring”)	*sumar (“summer”)	*harbist (“autumn”)	*wintru (“winter”)

References

1. Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*harbist”