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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/habrō

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

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *habrô, probably from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”).[1]

Noun

*habrō m

  1. oats

Inflection
Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *habrō
Genitive *habrini, *habran
Singular Plural
Nominative *habrō *habran
Accusative *habran *habran
Genitive *habrini, *habran *habranō
Dative *habrini, *habran *habrum
Instrumental *habrini, *habran *habrum

Descendants
  • 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

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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