Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/airiʀō

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 *airizô. Equivalent to *airi (“early”) +‎ *-iʀō.

Adjective

*airiʀō

comparative degree of *airi (“early”): earlier

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: ǣrra
- Middle English: ærre, eror, erore
Old Frisian:
- West Frisian: earder
Old Saxon:
- Middle Low German: êrer
  - Low German: ehrder
Old Dutch: *ēriro
- Middle Dutch: eerre
  - Dutch: eerder
Old High German: ēriro, ēroro
- Middle High German: ērer
  - (German: eher) (merged with adverbial form)

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