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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/irh
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *yerḱ-. Compare Ancient Greek ἴυρκες (íurkes), δορκάς (dorkás), δόρξ (dórx) ~ ζόρξ (zórx) ~ ἴορξ (íorx), etc., Latin hircus, ircus, Old Armenian որս (ors), Welsh iwrch, but note the many unexplained phonetic variations.[1]
Noun
*irh n
- (Elbe Germanic) he-goat, buck
- Synonyms: *bukk, *gait, *hafr
Inflection
| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *irh | |
| Genitive | *irhas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *irh | *irhu |
| Accusative | *irh | *irhu |
| Genitive | *irhas | *irhō |
| Dative | *irhē | *irhum |
| Instrumental | *irhu | *irhum |
Descendants
- Old High German: irah, irh
- Middle High German: irch, irech
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*irha-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 270