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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hauʀisam
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *hauʀijan (“to hear”) + *-sam.
Adjective
*hauʀisam
- obedient
- Synonyms: *gahauʀisam, *gahauʀīg, *hauʀīg
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *hauʀisam | ||
| Genitive | *hauʀisamas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *hauʀisam | *hauʀisamu | *hauʀisam |
| Accusative | *hauʀisamanā | *hauʀisamā | *hauʀisam |
| Genitive | *hauʀisamas | *hauʀisameʀā | *hauʀisamas |
| Dative | *hauʀisamumē | *hauʀisameʀē | *hauʀisamumē |
| Instrumental | *hauʀisamu | *hauʀisameʀu | *hauʀisamu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *hauʀisamē | *hauʀisamō | *hauʀisamu |
| Accusative | *hauʀisamā | *hauʀisamā | *hauʀisamu |
| Genitive | *hauʀisameʀō | *hauʀisameʀō | *hauʀisameʀō |
| Dative | *hauʀisamēm, *hauʀisamum | *hauʀisamēm, *hauʀisamum | *hauʀisamēm, *hauʀisamum |
| Instrumental | *hauʀisamēm, *hauʀisamum | *hauʀisamēm, *hauʀisamum | *hauʀisamēm, *hauʀisamum |
Derived terms
- *gahauʀisam
- *ungahauʀisam
- *ungahauʀisamahaidu
- *unhauʀisam
- *unhauʀisamahaidu
Descendants
- Old English: hīersum, hȳrsum, hērsum
- Middle English: hersum (coalesced with descendant of ġehīersum)
- English: hearsome
- Middle English: hersum (coalesced with descendant of ġehīersum)
- Old Frisian: *hārsum
- West Frisian: hearsum
- Old Saxon: *hōrsam
- Middle Low German: hōrsam, hōrsem, hōrsum
- Old High German: hōrsam
- Middle High German: hōrsam