Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/īsarn

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 *īsarną.

Noun

*īsarn n [1]

iron

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*īsarn
Genitive	*īsarnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*īsarn	*īsarnu
Accusative	*īsarn	*īsarnu
Genitive	*īsarnas	*īsarnō
Dative	*īsarnē	*īsarnum
Instrumental	*īsarnu	*īsarnum

Descendants

Old English: īsern, īsen, īren
- Middle English: iren
  - Scots: airn
  - English: iron
    - → Marshallese: aen
Old Frisian: īsern
- North Frisian: jaarn
- Saterland Frisian: Iersen
- West Frisian: izer
Old Saxon: īsarn
- Middle Low German: îsern, îseren
  - Plautdietsch: Iesa
Old Dutch: *īsarn
- Middle Dutch: iser
  - Dutch: ijzer
    - Afrikaans: yster
  - Limburgish: iezer
  - West Flemish: yzer
Old High German: īsarn
- Middle High German: īsern, īser
  - Alemannic German: Iise
    Vorarlbergerisch: Iisa, Oasa
  - Bavarian: Eisn
    Cimbrian: aizarn
    
    Mòcheno: aisn
  - German: Eisen, Eiser
  - Luxembourgish: Eisen
  - Vilamovian: ȧjza
  - Yiddish: אײַזן‎ (ayzn)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 339: “PWGmc *īsarn”

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[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 339: “PWGmc *īsarn”