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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/habrô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑβ.rɔː/

Noun

*habrô m

  1. goat, buck
  2. feed for goats; oat, oats

Inflection
masculine an-stemDeclension of *habrô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *habrô *habraniz
vocative *habrô *habraniz
accusative *habranų *habranunz
genitive *habriniz *habranǫ̂
dative *habrini *habrammaz
instrumental *habrinē *habrammiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *habrō
    • Old English: *hæfera
    • Old Frisian: *havera; *haver, *hever
      • North Frisian:
        Föhr-Amrum: heewer
        Helgoland: Heewer
        Mooring: hääwer
        Wiedingharde: hääwer
      • East Frisian:
        Harlingerland Frisian: heffer
        Saterland Frisian: Hoawer, Heeuwer
        Wangerooge Frisian: hüvvër, hǘvër
      • West Frisian: hjouwer
        Schiermonnikoog: jeeuwer, jeeuwre
    • Old Saxon: habaro, havaro
    • Old Dutch: *havaro
    • Old High German: habaro
  • Old Norse: hafri

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*habran-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197
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