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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hērą
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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
Often traced to Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-, *ḱeres- (“rough hair, bristle”), though this leaves the lengthened grade unaccounted for. Alternatively, from earlier *hezra-, with loss of -z- before -r- and compensatory lengthening of the vowel, from Pre-Germanic *kesróm (“that which is combed”), substantivization of an adjective *kesros, derived from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, scrape”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxɛː.rɑ̃/
Inflection
| neuter a-stemDeclension of *hērą (neuter a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *hērą | *hērō | |
| vocative | *hērą | *hērō | |
| accusative | *hērą | *hērō | |
| genitive | *hēras, *hēris | *hērǫ̂ | |
| dative | *hērai | *hēramaz | |
| instrumental | *hērō | *hēramiz | |
Descendants
References
- Gąsiorowski, Piotr (2012) “The Germanic reflexes of PIE *-sr- in the context of Verner's Law”, in The Sound of Indo-European: Phonetics, Phonemics, and Morphophonemics, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, , →ISSN
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