Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hār

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 *hērą.

Noun

*hār n

hair
Synonym: *haʀd

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hār
Genitive	*hāras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hār	*hāru
Accusative	*hār	*hāru
Genitive	*hāras	*hārō
Dative	*hārē	*hārum
Instrumental	*hāru	*hārum

Descendants

Old English: hǣr, hēr
- Middle English: her
  - English: hair
  - Scots: hair, hayr, hare
Old Frisian: hēr
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: hiar
  Goesharde: heer, häär
  Halligen: heer
  Heligoland: Hear
  Mooring: häär
  Sylt: Hiir
  Wiedingharde: heer
- Saterland Frisian: Hier
- West Frisian: hier
Old Saxon: hār
- Middle Low German: hâr
  - German Low German: Hoor, Haar
  - Plautdietsch: Hoa
Old Dutch: hār
- Middle Dutch: hâer
  - Dutch: haar
Old High German: hār
- Middle High German: hār
  - Alemannic German: Härre
    Swabian: Hoar
    Walser: haar, hoar, hoor, hàre
  - Bavarian: hoor
    Cimbrian: har, haar
    Mòcheno: hor
  - Central Franconian: Hoor
  - German: Haar
  - Luxembourgish: Hoer
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Haar
  - Yiddish: האָר‎ (hor)