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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aizāną

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

From *aizō (reverence, honour) + *-āną.

Verb

*aizāną[1]

  1. to honour

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *aiʀēn
    • Old English: ārian
      • Middle English: oren, aren; arenn
    • Old Frisian: āria, ēria
      • Saterland Frisian: eere
      • West Frisian: eare
    • Old Saxon: ērōn
    • Old Dutch: *ēron
    • Old High German: ērēn
  • Old Norse: eira

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aizō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 17:*aizēn-
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