Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiʀu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aizō.

Noun

*aiʀu f

honour
Synonym: *tīri
respect, reverence

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*aiʀu
Genitive	*aiʀā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aiʀu	*aiʀō
Accusative	*aiʀā	*aiʀā
Genitive	*aiʀā	*aiʀō
Dative	*aiʀē	aiʀōm, aiʀum
Instrumental	*aiʀu	aiʀōm, aiʀum

Derived terms

*aiʀulīk

Descendants

Old English: ār, āre
- Middle English: ore, oore, or, ȝore; aore, are, ære; ar, are
Old Frisian: ēre, ēr
- Saterland Frisian: Eere
- West Frisian: eare
Old Saxon: ēra
- Middle Low German: ēre
  - → Old Norse: æra
    - Danish: ære
    - Icelandic: æra
    - Faroese: æra
    - Norwegian Nynorsk: ære
    - Norwegian Bokmål: ære
    - Swedish: ära
Old Dutch: ēra
- Middle Dutch: êre
  - Dutch: eer
    - Afrikaans: eer
    - Negerhollands: eer
  - Limburgish: ieër
Old High German: ēra
- Middle High German: ēre
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Eher
    
    Luxembourgish: Éier
  - German: Ehre
  - Rhine Franconian: Ehr, Ihr
  - Vilamovian: ere

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