Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/herut

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 *herutaz.

Noun

*herut m

deer, stag

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*herut
Genitive	*herutas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*herut	herutō, herutōs
Accusative	*herut	*herutā
Genitive	*herutas	*herutō
Dative	*herutē	*herutum
Instrumental	*herutu	*herutum

Descendants

Old English: heorut, heorot, heort
- Middle English: heort, hert, hart
  - Scots: hert
  - English: hart
Old Frisian: hert
- Saterland Frisian: Hart
- West Frisian: hart
Old Saxon: hirut, hirot
- Middle Low German: herte, harte
  - ⇒ German Low German: Hartbuck
Old Dutch: hirut
- Middle Dutch: hert
  - Dutch: hert
Old High German: hiruz, hirz
- Middle High German: hirz
  - German: Hirss, Hirsch
    - → Luxembourgish: Hirsch
    - → North Frisian: hirsk
    - → Plautdietsch: Hersch
    - → Saterland Frisian: Hirsk
  - Luxembourgish: Hierz (archaic)
  - Yiddish: הירש‎ (hirsh)